Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into tmdb-missing-episodes

# Conflicts:
#	Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/BaseItemRepository.QueryBuilding.cs

.config/dotnet-tools.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "isRoot": true,
   "tools": {
     "dotnet-ef": {
-      "version": "10.0.9",
+      "version": "10.0.10",
       "commands": [
         "dotnet-ef"
       ]

.github/workflows/ci-codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -24,21 +24,21 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+      uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
 
     - name: Setup .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@9a946fdbd5fb07b82b2f5a4466058b876ab72bb2 # v5.3.0
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
       with:
         dotnet-version: '10.0.x'
 
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@8aad20d150bbac5944a9f9d289da16a4b0d87c1e # v4.36.2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 # v4.37.3
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
         queries: +security-extended
 
     - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@8aad20d150bbac5944a9f9d289da16a4b0d87c1e # v4.36.2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 # v4.37.3
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@8aad20d150bbac5944a9f9d289da16a4b0d87c1e # v4.36.2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 # v4.37.3

.github/workflows/ci-compat.yml

@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ jobs:
     permissions: read-all
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
 
       - name: Setup .NET
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@9a946fdbd5fb07b82b2f5a4466058b876ab72bb2 # v5.3.0
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
         with:
           dotnet-version: '10.0.x'
 
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ jobs:
     permissions: read-all
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup .NET
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@9a946fdbd5fb07b82b2f5a4466058b876ab72bb2 # v5.3.0
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
         with:
           dotnet-version: '10.0.x'
 

.github/workflows/ci-format.yml

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ jobs:
   format-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@9a946fdbd5fb07b82b2f5a4466058b876ab72bb2 # v5.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
         with:
           dotnet-version: ${{ env.SDK_VERSION }}
 

.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: "${{ matrix.os }}"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@9a946fdbd5fb07b82b2f5a4466058b876ab72bb2 # v5.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
         with:
           dotnet-version: ${{ env.SDK_VERSION }}
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           --verbosity minimal
 
       - name: Merge code coverage results
-        uses: danielpalme/ReportGenerator-GitHub-Action@049f7ec958c672fd31d5cc1cb01622dc8d2e23ab # v5.5.10
+        uses: danielpalme/ReportGenerator-GitHub-Action@d3ebf1f760f7d8ab92cc44d9bcfee7ad73722a31 # v5.5.11
         with:
           reports: "**/coverage.cobertura.xml"
           targetdir: "merged/"

.github/workflows/commands.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           reactions: '+1'
 
       - name: Checkout the latest code
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.JF_BOT_TOKEN }}
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: pull in script
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           repository: jellyfin/jellyfin-triage-script
 
       - name: install python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.14'
           cache: 'pip'

.github/workflows/issue-stale.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ contains(github.repository, 'jellyfin/') }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@eb5cf3af3ac0a1aa4c9c45633dd1ae542a27a899 # v10.3.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@4391f3da665fdf50b6810c1a66712fb9ba21aa93 # v11.0.0
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.JF_BOT_TOKEN }}
           ascending: true

.github/workflows/issue-template-check.yml

@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
     steps:
       - name: pull in script
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           repository: jellyfin/jellyfin-triage-script
 
       - name: install python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.14'
           cache: 'pip'

.github/workflows/openapi-generate.yml

@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+      uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       with:
         ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
         repository: ${{ inputs.repository }}
 
     - name: Configure .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@9a946fdbd5fb07b82b2f5a4466058b876ab72bb2 # v5.3.0
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
       with:
         dotnet-version: '10.0.x'
 

.github/workflows/openapi-pull-request.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       base_ref: ${{ steps.ancestor.outputs.base_ref }}
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+      uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
         repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}

.github/workflows/pull-request-stale.yaml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ contains(github.repository, 'jellyfin/') }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@eb5cf3af3ac0a1aa4c9c45633dd1ae542a27a899 # v10.3.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@4391f3da665fdf50b6810c1a66712fb9ba21aa93 # v11.0.0
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.JF_BOT_TOKEN }}
           ascending: true

.github/workflows/release-bump-version.yaml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           yq-version: v4.9.8
 
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.TAG_BRANCH }}
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       NEXT_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.NEXT_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.TAG_BRANCH }}
 

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@
  - [MSalman5230](https://github.com/MSalman5230)
  - [dwandw](https://github.com/dwandw)
  - [Lampan-git](https://github.com/Lampan-git)
+ - [elio42](https://github.com/elio42)
+ - [rwebster85](https://github.com/rwebster85)
 
 # Emby Contributors
 

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Diacritics" Version="4.1.8" />
     <PackageVersion Include="DiscUtils.Udf" Version="0.16.13" />
     <PackageVersion Include="DotNet.Glob" Version="3.1.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="FsCheck.Xunit.v3" Version="3.3.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="FsCheck.Xunit.v3" Version="3.3.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="HarfBuzzSharp.NativeAssets.Linux" Version="8.3.1.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="ICU4N.Transliterator" Version="60.1.0-alpha.356" />
     <PackageVersion Include="IDisposableAnalyzers" Version="4.0.8" />
@@ -26,33 +26,34 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="libse" Version="4.0.12" />
     <PackageVersion Include="LrcParser" Version="2025.623.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="MetaBrainz.MusicBrainz" Version="8.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.BannedApiAnalyzers" Version="4.14.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common" Version="5.3.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="5.3.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="5.3.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.BannedApiAnalyzers" Version="5.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common" Version="5.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="5.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="5.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.8.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="MimeTypes" Version="2.5.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Morestachio" Version="5.0.1.670" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.18.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NEbml" Version="1.1.0.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="PDFtoImage" Version="5.2.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="PlaylistsNET" Version="1.4.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="prometheus-net.AspNetCore" Version="8.2.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="prometheus-net.DotNetRuntime" Version="4.4.1" />
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="7.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Graylog" Version="3.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SerilogAnalyzer" Version="0.15.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="SharpCompress" Version="0.49.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="SharpCompress" Version="0.50.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SharpFuzz" Version="2.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SkiaSharp" Version="3.119.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz" Version="3.119.4" />
@@ -75,9 +76,9 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="SmartAnalyzers.MultithreadingAnalyzer" Version="1.1.31" />
     <PackageVersion Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.2.0-beta.556" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Svg.Skia" Version="3.7.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.ReDoc" Version="10.2.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="10.2.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="10.0.9" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.ReDoc" Version="10.2.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="10.2.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="10.0.10" />
     <PackageVersion Include="TagLibSharp" Version="2.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="z440.atl.core" Version="7.15.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="TMDbLib" Version="3.0.0" />

Emby.Naming/Common/NamingOptions.cs

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Common
                 ".nrg",
                 ".nsv",
                 ".nuv",
-                ".ogg",
                 ".ogm",
                 ".ogv",
                 ".pva",
@@ -362,7 +361,10 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Common
                 // Not a Kodi rule as well, but the expression below also causes false positives,
                 // so we make sure this one gets tested first.
                 // "Foo Bar 889"
-                new EpisodeExpression(@".*[\\\/](?![Ee]pisode)(?<seriesname>[\w\s]+?)\s(?<epnumber>[0-9]{1,4})(-(?<endingepnumber>[0-9]{2,4}))*[^\\\/x]*$")
+                // Names carrying an SxxEyy marker are excluded because the Kodi expression above already covers them.
+                // Without that guard this expression reads digits out of the title instead, turning
+                // "S01E01 1-23-45 [Bluray-1080p]" into episodes 1 through 45.
+                new EpisodeExpression(@".*[\\\/](?![Ee]pisode)(?![^\\\/]*[Ss][0-9]+[][ ._-]*[Ee][0-9]+)(?<seriesname>[\w\s]+?)\s(?<epnumber>[0-9]{1,4})(-(?<endingepnumber>[0-9]{2,4}))*[^\\\/x]*$")
                 {
                     IsNamed = true
                 },

Emby.Naming/TV/EpisodePathParser.cs

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.TV
                             result.Success = true;
                         }
                     }
-                    else if (DateTime.TryParse(match.Groups[0].ValueSpan, out date))
+                    else if (DateTime.TryParse(match.Groups[0].ValueSpan, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out date))
                     {
                         result.Year = date.Year;
                         result.Month = date.Month;

Emby.Naming/Video/Format3DParser.cs

@@ -52,13 +52,18 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
             while (path.Length > 0)
             {
                 var index = path.IndexOfAny(delimiters);
+                ReadOnlySpan<char> currentSlice;
                 if (index == -1)
                 {
-                    index = path.Length - 1;
+                    // No delimiter left, the last token is the remainder of the path
+                    currentSlice = path;
+                    path = default;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    currentSlice = path[..index];
+                    path = path[(index + 1)..];
                 }
-
-                var currentSlice = path[..index];
-                path = path[(index + 1)..];
 
                 if (!foundPrefix)
                 {

Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ using Emby.Server.Implementations.SyncPlay;
 using Emby.Server.Implementations.TV;
 using Emby.Server.Implementations.Updates;
 using Jellyfin.Api.Helpers;
+using Jellyfin.Data;
+using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
 using Jellyfin.Drawing;
 using Jellyfin.MediaEncoding.Hls.Playlist;
 using Jellyfin.Networking.Manager;
@@ -93,6 +95,9 @@ using MediaBrowser.Model.Net;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.System;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Tasks;
+using MediaBrowser.Providers.Books;
+using MediaBrowser.Providers.Books.ComicBookInfo;
+using MediaBrowser.Providers.Books.ComicInfo;
 using MediaBrowser.Providers.Lyric;
 using MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager;
 using MediaBrowser.Providers.Plugins.ListenBrainz;
@@ -414,6 +419,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
         {
             Logger.LogInformation("Running startup tasks");
 
+            EnsureStartupWizardIntegrity();
+
             Resolve<ITaskManager>().AddTasks(GetExports<IScheduledTask>(false));
 
             ConfigurationManager.ConfigurationUpdated += OnConfigurationUpdated;
@@ -433,6 +440,24 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
             return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
 
+        private void EnsureStartupWizardIntegrity()
+        {
+            if (ConfigurationManager.CommonConfiguration.IsStartupWizardCompleted)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var hasConfiguredAdministrator = Resolve<IUserManager>().GetUsers()
+                .Any(user => user.HasPermission(PermissionKind.IsAdministrator) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(user.Password));
+
+            if (hasConfiguredAdministrator)
+            {
+                Logger.LogWarning("The startup wizard is marked incomplete but a configured administrator already exists. Marking setup as completed to prevent the unauthenticated setup endpoints from being reachable.");
+                ConfigurationManager.Configuration.IsStartupWizardCompleted = true;
+                ConfigurationManager.SaveConfiguration();
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Init(IServiceCollection serviceCollection)
         {
@@ -496,6 +521,14 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ListenBrainzLabsClient>();
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ListenBrainzSimilarArtistProvider>();
 
+            // register the generic local metadata provider for comic files
+            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ComicProvider>();
+
+            // register the actual implementations of the local metadata provider for comic files
+            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IComicProvider, ComicBookInfoProvider>();
+            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IComicProvider, ExternalComicInfoProvider>();
+            serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IComicProvider, InternalComicInfoProvider>();
+
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton(NetManager);
 
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ITaskManager, TaskManager>();

Emby.Server.Implementations/Devices/DeviceId.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#pragma warning disable CS1591
-
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
@@ -10,6 +8,9 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Devices
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides the persistent unique identifier of this server installation.
+    /// </summary>
     public class DeviceId
     {
         private readonly IApplicationPaths _appPaths;
@@ -18,12 +19,20 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Devices
 
         private string? _id;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DeviceId"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="appPaths">Instance of the <see cref="IApplicationPaths"/> interface.</param>
+        /// <param name="logger">Instance of the <see cref="ILogger{DeviceId}"/> interface.</param>
         public DeviceId(IApplicationPaths appPaths, ILogger<DeviceId> logger)
         {
             _appPaths = appPaths;
             _logger = logger;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the device id, loading it from disk or generating and persisting a new one if none exists.
+        /// </summary>
         public string Value => _id ??= GetDeviceId();
 
         private string CachePath => Path.Combine(_appPaths.DataPath, "device.txt");

Emby.Server.Implementations/Dto/DtoService.cs

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
             {
                 BaseItemKind.Person, [
                     BaseItemKind.Audio,
+                    BaseItemKind.AudioBook,
+                    BaseItemKind.Book,
                     BaseItemKind.Episode,
                     BaseItemKind.Movie,
                     BaseItemKind.LiveTvProgram,
@@ -167,9 +169,13 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
 
             // Batch-fetch user data for all items
             Dictionary<Guid, UserItemData>? userDataBatch = null;
+            IReadOnlyDictionary<Guid, VersionResumeData>? resumeDataBatch = null;
             if (user is not null && options.EnableUserData)
             {
                 userDataBatch = _userDataRepository.GetUserDataBatch(accessibleItems, user);
+
+                // For items with alternate versions, the most recently played version drives resume.
+                resumeDataBatch = _userDataRepository.GetResumeUserDataBatch(accessibleItems, user);
             }
 
             // Pre-compute collection folders once to avoid N+1 queries in CanDelete
@@ -248,7 +254,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                     allCollectionFolders,
                     childCountBatch,
                     playedCountBatch,
-                    artistsBatch);
+                    artistsBatch,
+                    resumeDataBatch?.GetValueOrDefault(item.Id));
 
                 if (item is LiveTvChannel tvChannel)
                 {
@@ -309,7 +316,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
             List<Folder>? allCollectionFolders = null,
             Dictionary<Guid, int>? childCountBatch = null,
             Dictionary<Guid, (int Played, int Total)>? playedCountBatch = null,
-            IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>? artistsBatch = null)
+            IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>? artistsBatch = null,
+            VersionResumeData? resumeData = null)
         {
             var dto = new BaseItemDto
             {
@@ -353,7 +361,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                     options,
                     userData,
                     childCountBatch,
-                    playedCountBatch);
+                    playedCountBatch,
+                    resumeData);
             }
 
             if (item is IHasMediaSources
@@ -369,7 +378,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                 AttachStudios(dto, item);
             }
 
-            AttachBasicFields(dto, item, owner, options, artistsBatch);
+            AttachBasicFields(dto, item, owner, options, artistsBatch, user);
 
             if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.CanDelete))
             {
@@ -538,7 +547,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
             DtoOptions options,
             UserItemData? userData = null,
             Dictionary<Guid, int>? childCountBatch = null,
-            Dictionary<Guid, (int Played, int Total)>? playedCountBatch = null)
+            Dictionary<Guid, (int Played, int Total)>? playedCountBatch = null,
+            VersionResumeData? resumeData = null)
         {
             if (item.IsFolder)
             {
@@ -600,6 +610,9 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                         // Use pre-fetched user data
                         dto.UserData = GetUserItemDataDto(userData, item.Id);
                         item.FillUserDataDtoValues(dto.UserData, userData, dto, user, options);
+
+                        // For items with alternate versions, the most recently played version drives resume.
+                        resumeData?.ApplyTo(dto.UserData);
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -943,7 +956,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
         /// <param name="owner">The owner.</param>
         /// <param name="options">The options.</param>
         /// <param name="artistsBatch">Optional pre-fetched artist lookup shared across a batch of items.</param>
-        private void AttachBasicFields(BaseItemDto dto, BaseItem item, BaseItem? owner, DtoOptions options, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>? artistsBatch = null)
+        /// <param name="user">The user, for per-user values such as the accessible media source count.</param>
+        private void AttachBasicFields(BaseItemDto dto, BaseItem item, BaseItem? owner, DtoOptions options, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>? artistsBatch = null, User? user = null)
         {
             if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.DateCreated))
             {
@@ -1074,7 +1088,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                 dto.ParentId = item.DisplayParentId;
             }
 
-            AddInheritedImages(dto, item, options, owner);
+            AddInheritedImages(dto, item, options, owner, artistsBatch);
 
             if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.Path))
             {
@@ -1257,7 +1271,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
 
                 if (options.ContainsField(ItemFields.MediaSourceCount))
                 {
-                    var mediaSourceCount = video.MediaSourceCount;
+                    // Match the per-user filtering of the media sources: versions the user cannot
+                    // access are not selectable, so they must not count towards the badge either.
+                    var mediaSourceCount = user is null
+                        || (!video.PrimaryVersionId.HasValue && video.LinkedAlternateVersions.Length == 0 && !video.HasLocalAlternateVersions)
+                            ? video.MediaSourceCount
+                            : video.GetAllVersions().Count(v => v.Id.Equals(video.Id) || v.IsVisibleStandalone(user));
                     if (mediaSourceCount != 1)
                     {
                         dto.MediaSourceCount = mediaSourceCount;
@@ -1366,38 +1385,22 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (options.PreferEpisodeParentPoster)
+                if (options.GetImageLimit(ImageType.Primary) > 0)
                 {
                     var episodeSeason = episode.Season;
                     var seasonPrimaryTag = episodeSeason is not null
                         ? GetTagAndFillBlurhash(dto, episodeSeason, ImageType.Primary)
                         : null;
 
-                    BaseItem? posterParent = null;
                     if (seasonPrimaryTag is not null)
                     {
                         dto.ParentPrimaryImageItemId = episodeSeason!.Id;
                         dto.ParentPrimaryImageTag = seasonPrimaryTag;
-                        posterParent = episodeSeason;
                     }
                     else if (episodeSeries is not null && dto.SeriesPrimaryImageTag is not null)
                     {
                         dto.ParentPrimaryImageItemId = episodeSeries.Id;
                         dto.ParentPrimaryImageTag = dto.SeriesPrimaryImageTag;
-                        posterParent = episodeSeries;
-                    }
-
-                    if (posterParent is not null)
-                    {
-                        if (dto.ImageTags is not null && dto.ImageTags.Remove(ImageType.Primary, out var ownPrimaryTag))
-                        {
-                            // Only drop the episode's own primary blurhash; keep the poster parent's.
-                            dto.ImageBlurHashes?.GetValueOrDefault(ImageType.Primary)?.Remove(ownPrimaryTag);
-                        }
-
-                        dto.SeriesPrimaryImageTag = null;
-                        dto.PrimaryImageAspectRatio = null;
-                        AttachPrimaryImageAspectRatio(dto, posterParent);
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -1516,11 +1519,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
             }
         }
 
-        private BaseItem? GetImageDisplayParent(BaseItem currentItem, BaseItem originalItem)
+        private BaseItem? GetImageDisplayParent(BaseItem currentItem, BaseItem originalItem, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>? artistsBatch)
         {
             if (currentItem is MusicAlbum musicAlbum)
             {
-                var artist = musicAlbum.GetMusicArtist(new DtoOptions(false));
+                var artist = GetBatchedAlbumArtist(musicAlbum, artistsBatch) ?? musicAlbum.GetMusicArtist(new DtoOptions(false));
                 if (artist is not null)
                 {
                     return artist;
@@ -1537,7 +1540,20 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
             return parent;
         }
 
-        private void AddInheritedImages(BaseItemDto dto, BaseItem item, DtoOptions options, BaseItem? owner)
+        private static MusicArtist? GetBatchedAlbumArtist(MusicAlbum album, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>? artistsBatch)
+        {
+            if (artistsBatch is null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var name = album.AlbumArtists.Count > 0 ? album.AlbumArtists[0] : null;
+            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) && artistsBatch.TryGetValue(name, out var artists) && artists.Length > 0
+                ? artists[0]
+                : null;
+        }
+
+        private void AddInheritedImages(BaseItemDto dto, BaseItem item, DtoOptions options, BaseItem? owner, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>? artistsBatch)
         {
             if (item is UserView { ViewType: CollectionType.playlists } playlistsView
                 && options.GetImageLimit(ImageType.Primary) > 0
@@ -1582,7 +1598,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                 || (!(imageTags is not null && imageTags.ContainsKey(ImageType.Thumb)) && thumbLimit > 0)
                 || parent is Series)
             {
-                parent ??= isFirst ? GetImageDisplayParent(item, item) ?? owner : parent;
+                parent ??= isFirst ? GetImageDisplayParent(item, item, artistsBatch) ?? owner : parent;
                 if (parent is null)
                 {
                     break;
@@ -1641,7 +1657,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                     break;
                 }
 
-                parent = GetImageDisplayParent(parent, item);
+                parent = GetImageDisplayParent(parent, item, artistsBatch);
             }
         }
 

Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/WebSocketConnection.cs

@@ -127,8 +127,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
                 {
                     receiveResult = await _socket.ReceiveAsync(memory, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
-                catch (WebSocketException ex)
+                catch (Exception ex) when (ex is WebSocketException or ObjectDisposedException or OperationCanceledException)
                 {
+                    // ObjectDisposedException/OperationCanceledException: the socket was torn
+                    // down underneath us (e.g. by the keep-alive watchdog after the connection
+                    // was declared lost). Fall through so Closed is still raised and the
+                    // session can release this connection.
                     _logger.LogWarning("WS {IP} error receiving data: {Message}", RemoteEndPoint, ex.Message);
                     break;
                 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/IO/ManagedFileSystem.cs

@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.IO
             }
             catch (Exception ex) when (ex is UnauthorizedAccessException or DirectoryNotFoundException or SecurityException)
             {
-                _logger.LogError(ex, "Failed to enumerate path {Path}", path);
+                _logger.LogWarning("Failed to enumerate path \"{Path}\": {Message}", path, ex.Message);
                 return Enumerable.Empty<string>();
             }
         }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Images/CollectionFolderImageProvider.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using Jellyfin.Api.Extensions;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
 using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Querying;
 
 namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Images
 {
@@ -28,51 +28,23 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Images
         {
             var view = (CollectionFolder)item;
             var viewType = view.CollectionType;
-
-            BaseItemKind[] includeItemTypes;
-
-            switch (viewType)
-            {
-                case CollectionType.movies:
-                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Movie };
-                    break;
-                case CollectionType.tvshows:
-                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Series };
-                    break;
-                case CollectionType.music:
-                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.MusicArtist };  // Music albums usually don't have dedicated backdrops, so use artist instead
-                    break;
-                case CollectionType.musicvideos:
-                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.MusicVideo };
-                    break;
-                case CollectionType.books:
-                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Book, BaseItemKind.AudioBook };
-                    break;
-                case CollectionType.boxsets:
-                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.BoxSet };
-                    break;
-                case CollectionType.homevideos:
-                case CollectionType.photos:
-                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Video, BaseItemKind.Photo };
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    includeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Video, BaseItemKind.Audio, BaseItemKind.Photo, BaseItemKind.Movie, BaseItemKind.Series };
-                    break;
-            }
-
+            var includeItemTypes = DtoExtensions.GetBaseItemKindsForCollectionType(viewType);
             var recursive = viewType != CollectionType.playlists;
 
+            if (viewType == CollectionType.music)
+            {
+                // Music albums usually don't have dedicated backdrops, so use artist instead
+                includeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.MusicArtist];
+            }
+
             return view.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery
             {
                 CollapseBoxSetItems = false,
                 Recursive = recursive,
                 DtoOptions = new DtoOptions(false),
-                ImageTypes = new[] { ImageType.Primary },
+                ImageTypes = [ImageType.Primary],
                 Limit = 8,
-                OrderBy = new[]
-                {
-                    (ItemSortBy.Random, SortOrder.Ascending)
-                },
+                OrderBy = [(ItemSortBy.Random, SortOrder.Ascending)],
                 IncludeItemTypes = includeItemTypes
             });
         }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/LibraryManager.cs

@@ -2315,9 +2315,13 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
         {
             var comparer = Comparers.FirstOrDefault(c => name == c.Type);
 
-            // If it requires a user, create a new one, and assign the user
             if (comparer is IUserBaseItemComparer)
             {
+                if (user is null)
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentException($"Sort key '{name}' requires a user, but none was provided.");
+                }
+
                 var userComparer = (IUserBaseItemComparer)Activator.CreateInstance(comparer.GetType())!; // only null for Nullable<T> instances
 
                 userComparer.User = user;
@@ -3195,11 +3199,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (!episode.ProductionYear.HasValue)
+                if (episode.ProductionYear is null)
                 {
                     episode.ProductionYear = episodeInfo.Year;
 
-                    if (episode.ProductionYear.HasValue)
+                    if (episode.ProductionYear is not null)
                     {
                         changed = true;
                     }
@@ -3886,5 +3890,17 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
         {
             return _mediaStreamRepository.GetMediaStreamLanguages(mediaStreamType);
         }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public IReadOnlyList<string> GetMediaStreamLanguages(MediaStreamType mediaStreamType, InternalItemsQuery query)
+        {
+            if (query.User is not null)
+            {
+                AddUserToQuery(query, query.User);
+            }
+
+            SetTopParentOrAncestorIds(query);
+            return _itemRepository.GetMediaStreamLanguages(query, mediaStreamType);
+        }
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/MediaSourceManager.cs

@@ -229,7 +229,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 list.Add(source);
             }
 
-            return SortMediaSources(list, item.Id).ToArray();
+            var preferredId = mediaSources.Count > 0 && Guid.TryParse(mediaSources[0].Id, out var topSourceId)
+                ? topSourceId
+                : item.Id;
+
+            return SortMediaSources(list, preferredId).ToArray();
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />>
@@ -406,6 +410,59 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                         source.SupportsDirectStream = user.HasPermission(PermissionKind.EnablePlaybackRemuxing);
                     }
                 }
+
+                sources = SetAlternateVersionResumeStates(item, sources, user);
+            }
+
+            return sources;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// When the queried item is a primary, moves the most recently played version to the front so
+        /// that resuming without an explicit source selection plays the version that was last watched.
+        /// A directly queried alternate version keeps its own source first. Per-user playback position
+        /// is not surfaced on the source itself; it is carried by each version's own UserData.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="item">The queried item.</param>
+        /// <param name="sources">The item's media sources.</param>
+        /// <param name="user">The user.</param>
+        /// <returns>The media sources, reordered when a version drives resume.</returns>
+        private IReadOnlyList<MediaSourceInfo> SetAlternateVersionResumeStates(BaseItem item, IReadOnlyList<MediaSourceInfo> sources, User user)
+        {
+            // For a video, multiple sources means alternate versions.
+            if (item is not Video video || sources.Count < 2)
+            {
+                return sources;
+            }
+
+            var versions = video.GetAllVersions();
+            if (versions.Count < 2)
+            {
+                return sources;
+            }
+
+            var userDataByVersion = _userDataManager.GetUserDataBatch(versions, user);
+            var dataBySourceId = new Dictionary<string, UserItemData>(versions.Count, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            foreach (var version in versions)
+            {
+                if (userDataByVersion.TryGetValue(version.Id, out var data))
+                {
+                    dataBySourceId[version.Id.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)] = data;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Reorder only for a resumable (in-progress) version;
+            // a completed version has no position to resume, so it must not be pulled to the front here.
+            var resumeSource = VersionPlaybackSelector.SelectMostRecentlyPlayed(
+                sources,
+                source => source.Id is not null ? dataBySourceId.GetValueOrDefault(source.Id) : null,
+                data => data.PlaybackPositionTicks > 0);
+
+            if (resumeSource is not null && !video.PrimaryVersionId.HasValue && !ReferenceEquals(sources[0], resumeSource))
+            {
+                var reordered = new List<MediaSourceInfo>(sources.Count) { resumeSource };
+                reordered.AddRange(sources.Where(s => !ReferenceEquals(s, resumeSource)));
+                return reordered;
             }
 
             return sources;

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/PathExtensions.cs

@@ -29,17 +29,41 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 throw new ArgumentException("String can't be empty.", nameof(attribute));
             }
 
-            var attributeIndex = str.IndexOf(attribute, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-
-            // Must be at least 3 characters after the attribute =, ], any character,
-            // then we offset it by 1, because we want the index and not length.
-            var maxIndex = str.Length - attribute.Length - 2;
-            while (attributeIndex > -1 && attributeIndex < maxIndex)
+            // Allow tmdb as an alias for tmdbid, tvdb for tvdbid, etc.
+            // The code below only supports aliases for attributes in the form of "<alias>id".
+            ReadOnlySpan<char> shortAttr = attribute switch
             {
-                var attributeEnd = attributeIndex + attribute.Length;
+                _ when attribute.Equals("tmdbid", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) => "tmdb",
+                _ when attribute.Equals("tvdbid", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) => "tvdb",
+                _ when attribute.Equals("imdbid", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) => "imdb",
+                _ => ReadOnlySpan<char>.Empty
+            };
+
+            for (int strIndex = 0, attributeIndex = 0; attributeIndex > -1;)
+            {
+                // We may want to use imdbid pattern matching later, so we don't want to modify the original 'str'.
+                var subStr = str[strIndex..];
+                int attributeEnd = 0;
+
+                if (shortAttr.Length > 0)
+                {
+                    // If we are using an alias it should be shorter (and a prefix), so let's search for that.
+                    attributeIndex = subStr.IndexOf(shortAttr, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                    attributeEnd = attributeIndex + shortAttr.Length;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    attributeIndex = subStr.IndexOf(attribute, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                    attributeEnd = attributeIndex + attribute.Length;
+                }
+
+                // The next iteration should start at the end of the attribute we just found.
+                // If attributeIndex < 0, the loop will end and strIndex won't be used again.
+                strIndex += attributeEnd;
+
                 if (attributeIndex > 0)
                 {
-                    var attributeOpener = str[attributeIndex - 1];
+                    var attributeOpener = subStr[attributeIndex - 1];
                     var attributeCloser = attributeOpener switch
                     {
                         '[' => ']',
@@ -47,20 +71,37 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                         '{' => '}',
                         _ => '\0'
                     };
-                    if (attributeCloser != '\0' && (str[attributeEnd] == '=' || str[attributeEnd] == '-'))
-                    {
-                        var closingIndex = str[attributeEnd..].IndexOf(attributeCloser);
 
-                        // Must be at least 1 character before the closing bracket.
-                        if (closingIndex > 1)
+                    if (attributeCloser != '\0')
+                    {
+                        if (shortAttr.Length > 0
+                            && attributeEnd + 1 < subStr.Length
+                            && (subStr[attributeEnd] is 'i' or 'I')
+                            && (subStr[attributeEnd + 1] is 'd' or 'D'))
                         {
-                            return str[(attributeEnd + 1)..(attributeEnd + closingIndex)].Trim().ToString();
+                            // We were searching for a shortened attribute, but it's followed by "id" - let's skip it.
+                            attributeEnd += 2;
+                        }
+
+                        // attributeEnd points at '='.
+                        // We need at least 1 more character and the closing bracket after that.
+                        if (attributeEnd + 2 < subStr.Length && (subStr[attributeEnd] is '=' or '-'))
+                        {
+                            var closingIndex = subStr[attributeEnd..].IndexOf(attributeCloser);
+
+                            // Must be at least 1 character before the closing bracket.
+                            if (closingIndex > 1)
+                            {
+                                var trimmed = subStr[(attributeEnd + 1)..(attributeEnd + closingIndex)].Trim();
+
+                                if (trimmed.Length > 0)
+                                {
+                                    return trimmed.ToString();
+                                }
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
-
-                str = str[attributeEnd..];
-                attributeIndex = str.IndexOf(attribute, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             }
 
             // for imdbid we also accept pattern matching
@@ -70,16 +111,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 return match ? imdbId.ToString() : null;
             }
 
-            // Allow tmdb as an alias for tmdbid
-            if (attribute.Equals("tmdbid", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            {
-                var tmdbValue = str.GetAttributeValue("tmdb");
-                if (tmdbValue is not null)
-                {
-                    return tmdbValue;
-                }
-            }
-
             return null;
         }
 

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/PathManager.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
+using Jellyfin.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
@@ -43,7 +44,19 @@ public class PathManager : IPathManager
     public string? GetAttachmentPath(string mediaSourceId, string fileName)
     {
         var folder = GetAttachmentFolderPath(mediaSourceId);
-        return folder is null ? null : Path.Combine(folder, fileName);
+        if (folder is null)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var safeName = PathHelper.GetSafeLeafFileName(fileName);
+        if (safeName is null)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning("Rejecting attachment filename '{FileName}' for MediaSource {MediaSourceId}: not a valid leaf name.", fileName, mediaSourceId);
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return Path.Combine(folder, safeName);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/ExtraResolver.cs

@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers
             : base(logger, namingOptions, directoryService)
         {
             _namingOptions = namingOptions;
-            _trailerResolvers = new IItemResolver[] { new GenericVideoResolver<Trailer>(logger, namingOptions, directoryService) };
-            _videoResolvers = new IItemResolver[] { this };
+            _trailerResolvers = [new GenericVideoResolver<Trailer>(logger, namingOptions, directoryService, parseName: true)];
+            _videoResolvers = [this];
         }
 
         protected override Video Resolve(ItemResolveArgs args)

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/GenericVideoResolver.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 using Emby.Naming.Common;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
@@ -14,15 +15,25 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers
     public class GenericVideoResolver<T> : BaseVideoResolver<T>
         where T : Video, new()
     {
+        private readonly bool _parseName;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GenericVideoResolver{T}"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
         /// <param name="namingOptions">The naming options.</param>
         /// <param name="directoryService">The directory service.</param>
-        public GenericVideoResolver(ILogger logger, NamingOptions namingOptions, IDirectoryService directoryService)
+        /// <param name="parseName">Whether to parse the file name for metadata such as the year.</param>
+        public GenericVideoResolver(ILogger logger, NamingOptions namingOptions, IDirectoryService directoryService, bool parseName = false)
             : base(logger, namingOptions, directoryService)
         {
+            _parseName = parseName;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override T Resolve(ItemResolveArgs args)
+        {
+            return ResolveVideo<T>(args, _parseName);
         }
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/Movies/MovieResolver.cs

@@ -376,15 +376,24 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Movies
                 // We need to only look at the name of this actual item (not parents)
                 var justName = item.IsInMixedFolder ? Path.GetFileName(item.Path.AsSpan()) : Path.GetFileName(item.ContainingFolderPath.AsSpan());
 
-                var tmdbid = justName.GetAttributeValue("tmdbid");
+                // The fallback filename is only used when the item isn't in a mixed folder
+                var fileName = item.IsInMixedFolder ? ReadOnlySpan<char>.Empty : Path.GetFileName(item.Path.AsSpan());
 
-                // If not in a mixed folder and ID not found in folder path, check filename
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(tmdbid) && !item.IsInMixedFolder)
+                item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb, GetIdFromNameOrPath(justName, fileName, "tmdbid"));
+                item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tvdb, GetIdFromNameOrPath(justName, fileName, "tvdbid"));
+
+                string GetIdFromNameOrPath(ReadOnlySpan<char> name, ReadOnlySpan<char> fallbackName, string attribute)
                 {
-                    tmdbid = Path.GetFileName(item.Path.AsSpan()).GetAttributeValue("tmdbid");
-                }
+                    var id = name.GetAttributeValue(attribute);
 
-                item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb, tmdbid);
+                    // If not in a mixed folder and ID not found in folder path, check filename
+                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(id) && !item.IsInMixedFolder)
+                    {
+                        id = fallbackName.GetAttributeValue(attribute);
+                    }
+
+                    return id;
+                }
 
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Path))
                 {

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/PlaylistResolver.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #nullable disable
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using Emby.Server.Implementations.Playlists;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
 using Jellyfin.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
@@ -45,8 +47,30 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers
                     };
                 }
 
+                // Anything directly inside the internal playlists folder is a playlist, even when its
+                // playlist.xml is missing: failing to resolve here makes the library scan treat the
+                // playlist as deleted from disk and remove it, taking its items with it.
+                if (args.Parent is PlaylistsFolder)
+                {
+                    return new Playlist
+                    {
+                        Path = args.Path,
+                        Name = filename,
+                        OpenAccess = true
+                    };
+                }
+
                 // It's a directory-based playlist if the directory contains a playlist file
-                var filePaths = Directory.EnumerateFiles(args.Path, "*", new EnumerationOptions { IgnoreInaccessible = true });
+                IEnumerable<string> filePaths;
+                try
+                {
+                    filePaths = Directory.EnumerateFiles(args.Path, "*", new EnumerationOptions { IgnoreInaccessible = true });
+                }
+                catch (IOException)
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
+
                 if (filePaths.Any(f => f.EndsWith(PlaylistXmlSaver.DefaultPlaylistFilename, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
                 {
                     return new Playlist

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/SimilarItems/MovieSimilarItemsProvider.cs

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public sealed class MovieSimilarItemsProvider : ILocalSimilarItemsProvider<Movie
     private readonly IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> _dbProvider;
     private readonly IItemQueryHelpers _queryHelpers;
     private readonly IServerConfigurationManager _serverConfigurationManager;
+    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MovieSimilarItemsProvider"/> class.
@@ -60,14 +61,17 @@ public sealed class MovieSimilarItemsProvider : ILocalSimilarItemsProvider<Movie
     /// <param name="dbProvider">The database context factory.</param>
     /// <param name="queryHelpers">The shared query helpers.</param>
     /// <param name="serverConfigurationManager">The server configuration manager.</param>
+    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
     public MovieSimilarItemsProvider(
         IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> dbProvider,
         IItemQueryHelpers queryHelpers,
-        IServerConfigurationManager serverConfigurationManager)
+        IServerConfigurationManager serverConfigurationManager,
+        ILibraryManager libraryManager)
     {
         _dbProvider = dbProvider;
         _queryHelpers = queryHelpers;
         _serverConfigurationManager = serverConfigurationManager;
+        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -156,6 +160,11 @@ public sealed class MovieSimilarItemsProvider : ILocalSimilarItemsProvider<Movie
                 IsPlayed = false
             };
 
+            if (query.User is not null)
+            {
+                _libraryManager.ConfigureUserAccess(filter, query.User);
+            }
+
             _queryHelpers.PrepareFilterQuery(filter);
             var baseQuery = _queryHelpers.PrepareItemQuery(context, filter);
             baseQuery = _queryHelpers.TranslateQuery(baseQuery, context, filter);

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/UserDataManager.cs

@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    var userData = item.UserData?.Where(e => e.UserId.Equals(user.Id)).Select(Map).FirstOrDefault();
+                    var userDataRow = ResolveUserDataRow(item, item.UserData?.Where(e => e.UserId.Equals(user.Id)));
+                    var userData = userDataRow is not null ? Map(userDataRow) : null;
                     if (userData is not null)
                     {
                         result[item.Id] = userData;
@@ -211,36 +212,128 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 return result;
             }
 
-            // Build a single query for all missing items
+            // Build a single query for all missing items. Fetch rows by item alone so rows kept
+            // under keys from older metadata resolve the same way as the in-memory path.
             var allItemIds = itemsNeedingQuery.Select(x => x.Item.Id).ToList();
-            var allKeys = itemsNeedingQuery.SelectMany(x => x.Keys).Distinct().ToList();
-            if (allKeys.Count > 0)
+            using var context = _repository.CreateDbContext();
+            var userDataArray = context.UserData
+                .AsNoTracking()
+                .Where(e => e.UserId.Equals(user.Id))
+                .WhereOneOrMany(allItemIds, e => e.ItemId)
+                .ToArray();
+
+            var userDataByItem = userDataArray.GroupBy(e => e.ItemId).ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.ToArray());
+            foreach (var (item, keys) in itemsNeedingQuery)
             {
-                using var context = _repository.CreateDbContext();
-                var userDataArray = context.UserData
-                    .AsNoTracking()
-                    .Where(e => e.UserId.Equals(user.Id))
-                    .WhereOneOrMany(allItemIds, e => e.ItemId)
-                    .WhereOneOrMany(allKeys, e => e.CustomDataKey)
-                    .ToArray();
-
-                var userDataByItem = userDataArray.GroupBy(e => e.ItemId).ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.ToArray());
-                foreach (var (item, keys) in itemsNeedingQuery)
+                UserItemData userData;
+                if (userDataByItem.TryGetValue(item.Id, out var itemUserData) && itemUserData.Length > 0)
                 {
-                    UserItemData userData;
-                    if (userDataByItem.TryGetValue(item.Id, out var itemUserData) && itemUserData.Length > 0)
-                    {
-                        var directDataReference = itemUserData.FirstOrDefault(e => e.CustomDataKey == item.Id.ToString("N"));
-                        userData = directDataReference is not null ? Map(directDataReference) : Map(itemUserData.First());
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        userData = new UserItemData { Key = keys.Count > 0 ? keys[0] : string.Empty };
-                    }
+                    userData = Map(ResolveUserDataRow(item, itemUserData)!);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    userData = new UserItemData { Key = keys.Count > 0 ? keys[0] : string.Empty };
+                }
 
-                    result[item.Id] = userData;
-                    var cacheKey = GetCacheKey(user.InternalId, item.Id);
-                    _cache.AddOrUpdate(cacheKey, userData);
+                result[item.Id] = userData;
+                var cacheKey = GetCacheKey(user.InternalId, item.Id);
+                _cache.AddOrUpdate(cacheKey, userData);
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public VersionResumeData? GetResumeUserData(User user, BaseItem item)
+        {
+            return GetResumeUserDataBatch([item], user).GetValueOrDefault(item.Id);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public IReadOnlyDictionary<Guid, VersionResumeData> GetResumeUserDataBatch(IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> items, User user)
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(user);
+
+            var result = new Dictionary<Guid, VersionResumeData>();
+
+            // Candidate primaries: a directly queried version (PrimaryVersionId set) keeps its own data.
+            // Linked alternates are already known in memory; only the local-alternate existence check
+            // would otherwise hit the database (one query per item via Video.HasLocalAlternateVersions),
+            // so collect those ids and resolve them all in a single query below.
+            List<Video>? candidates = null;
+            List<Guid>? localProbeIds = null;
+            foreach (var item in items)
+            {
+                if (item is not Video video || video.PrimaryVersionId.HasValue)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                (candidates ??= []).Add(video);
+
+                if (video.LinkedAlternateVersions.Length == 0)
+                {
+                    (localProbeIds ??= []).Add(video.Id);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (candidates is null)
+            {
+                return result;
+            }
+
+            HashSet<Guid>? withLocalAlternates = null;
+            if (localProbeIds is not null)
+            {
+                using var dbContext = _repository.CreateDbContext();
+                withLocalAlternates = dbContext.LinkedChildren
+                    .Where(lc => lc.ChildType == Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities.LinkedChildType.LocalAlternateVersion)
+                    .WhereOneOrMany(localProbeIds, lc => lc.ParentId)
+                    .Select(lc => lc.ParentId)
+                    .Distinct()
+                    .ToHashSet();
+            }
+
+            List<(Guid PrimaryId, IReadOnlyList<Video> Versions)>? versionGroups = null;
+            List<BaseItem>? allVersions = null;
+
+            foreach (var video in candidates)
+            {
+                // Only items that actually have alternate versions aggregate over them.
+                if (video.LinkedAlternateVersions.Length == 0
+                    && (withLocalAlternates is null || !withLocalAlternates.Contains(video.Id)))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                var versions = video.GetAllVersions();
+                if (versions.Count < 2)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                (versionGroups ??= []).Add((video.Id, versions));
+                (allVersions ??= []).AddRange(versions);
+            }
+
+            if (versionGroups is null)
+            {
+                return result;
+            }
+
+            var userDataByVersion = GetUserDataBatch(allVersions!.DistinctBy(i => i.Id).ToList(), user);
+
+            foreach (var (primaryId, versions) in versionGroups)
+            {
+                // Consider both in-progress and completed versions so a finished alternate still marks the primary as played.
+                var resumeVersion = VersionPlaybackSelector.SelectMostRecentlyPlayed(
+                    versions,
+                    version => userDataByVersion.GetValueOrDefault(version.Id),
+                    data => data.PlaybackPositionTicks > 0 || data.Played);
+
+                if (resumeVersion is not null)
+                {
+                    result[primaryId] = new VersionResumeData(resumeVersion.Id, userDataByVersion[resumeVersion.Id]);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -259,12 +352,41 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public UserItemData? GetUserData(User user, BaseItem item)
         {
-            return item.UserData?.Where(e => e.UserId.Equals(user.Id)).Select(Map).FirstOrDefault() ?? new UserItemData()
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(user);
+            var row = ResolveUserDataRow(item, item.UserData?.Where(e => e.UserId.Equals(user.Id)));
+            return row is not null ? Map(row) : new UserItemData()
             {
                 Key = item.GetUserDataKeys()[0],
             };
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Picks the row matching the item's current user data keys, in key order, so rows left behind
+        /// under keys from older metadata don't take priority over the rows the write path updates.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="item">The item whose keys to match.</param>
+        /// <param name="rows">The candidate user data rows for a single user.</param>
+        /// <returns>The best matching row, or <c>null</c> when there are none.</returns>
+        private static UserData? ResolveUserDataRow(BaseItem item, IEnumerable<UserData>? rows)
+        {
+            var candidates = rows?.ToList();
+            if (candidates is null || candidates.Count == 0)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            foreach (var key in item.GetUserDataKeys())
+            {
+                var match = candidates.Find(e => string.Equals(e.CustomDataKey, key, StringComparison.Ordinal));
+                if (match is not null)
+                {
+                    return match;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return candidates[0];
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public UserItemDataDto? GetUserDataDto(BaseItem item, User user)
             => GetUserDataDto(item, null, user, new DtoOptions());
@@ -281,6 +403,10 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             var dto = GetUserItemDataDto(userData, item.Id);
 
             item.FillUserDataDtoValues(dto, userData, itemDto, user, options);
+
+            // For an item with alternate versions, surface the most recently played version's resume point.
+            GetResumeUserData(user, item)?.ApplyTo(dto);
+
             return dto;
         }
 
@@ -385,5 +511,41 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
 
             return playedToCompletion;
         }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void ResetPlaybackStreamSelections(User user, BaseItem item)
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(user);
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(item);
+
+            using var dbContext = _repository.CreateDbContext();
+            var rows = dbContext.UserData
+                .Where(e => e.ItemId == item.Id && e.UserId == user.Id
+                            && (e.AudioStreamIndex != null || e.SubtitleStreamIndex != null))
+                .ToList();
+
+            if (rows.Count == 0)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            foreach (var row in rows)
+            {
+                row.AudioStreamIndex = null;
+                row.SubtitleStreamIndex = null;
+            }
+
+            dbContext.SaveChanges();
+
+            var cacheKey = GetCacheKey(user.InternalId, item.Id);
+            if (_cache.TryGet(cacheKey, out var cached))
+            {
+                cached.AudioStreamIndex = null;
+                cached.SubtitleStreamIndex = null;
+                _cache.AddOrUpdate(cacheKey, cached);
+            }
+
+            item.UserData = dbContext.UserData.Where(e => e.ItemId == item.Id).AsNoTracking().ToArray();
+        }
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/CollectionPosterVerifyPostScanTask.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Validators;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Ensures top-level library folders have a primary poster after scans.
+/// Poster extraction is attempted before library scanning. When a library is
+/// empty at that point, no poster can be extracted. This post-scan task reruns
+/// metadata extraction for top-level folders that are still missing images.
+/// </summary>
+public class CollectionPosterVerifyPostScanTask : ILibraryPostScanTask
+{
+    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
+    private readonly ILogger<CollectionPosterVerifyPostScanTask> _logger;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CollectionPosterVerifyPostScanTask" /> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
+    /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
+    public CollectionPosterVerifyPostScanTask(
+        ILibraryManager libraryManager,
+        ILogger<CollectionPosterVerifyPostScanTask> logger)
+    {
+        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
+        _logger = logger;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Runs the specified progress.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="progress">The progress.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>Task.</returns>
+    public async Task Run(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var libraries = _libraryManager.GetUserRootFolder().Children.OfType<CollectionFolder>().ToList();
+        var totalLibraries = libraries.Count;
+        var processedLibraries = 0;
+
+        foreach (var library in libraries)
+        {
+            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+            if (!library.HasImage(ImageType.Primary))
+            {
+                _logger.LogDebug("Library {LibraryName} is missing a primary image. Refreshing metadata.", library.Name);
+                await library.RefreshMetadata(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+
+            processedLibraries++;
+            progress.Report((double)processedLibraries / totalLibraries * 100);
+        }
+
+        progress.Report(100);
+    }
+}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/da.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "Favorites": "Favoritter",
     "Folders": "Mapper",
     "Genres": "Genrer",
-    "HeaderContinueWatching": "Fortsæt afspilning",
+    "HeaderContinueWatching": "Fortsæt med at se",
     "HeaderFavoriteEpisodes": "Yndlingsafsnit",
     "HeaderFavoriteShows": "Yndlingsserier",
     "HeaderLiveTV": "Live-TV",
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     "TaskDownloadMissingSubtitlesDescription": "Søger på internettet efter manglende undertekster baseret på metadata-konfigurationen.",
     "TaskDownloadMissingSubtitles": "Hent manglende undertekster",
     "TaskUpdatePluginsDescription": "Henter og installerer opdateringer for plugins, som er konfigurerede til at blive opdateret automatisk.",
-    "TaskUpdatePlugins": "Opdater plugins",
+    "TaskUpdatePlugins": "Opdatér plugins",
     "TaskCleanLogsDescription": "Sletter log-filer som er mere end {0} dage gamle.",
     "TaskCleanLogs": "Ryd log-mappe",
     "TaskRefreshLibraryDescription": "Scanner dit mediebibliotek for nye filer og opdateret metadata.",
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@
     "TaskRefreshChapterImages": "Udtræk kapitelbilleder",
     "TaskRefreshChapterImagesDescription": "Laver miniaturebilleder for videoer, der har kapitler.",
     "TaskRefreshChannelsDescription": "Opdaterer information for internetkanaler.",
-    "TaskRefreshChannels": "Opdater kanaler",
+    "TaskRefreshChannels": "Opdatér kanaler",
     "TaskCleanTranscodeDescription": "Fjerner omkodningsfiler, som er mere end 1 dag gamle.",
     "TaskCleanTranscode": "Tøm omkodningsmappen",
-    "TaskRefreshPeople": "Opdater personer",
+    "TaskRefreshPeople": "Opdatér personer",
     "TaskRefreshPeopleDescription": "Opdaterer metadata for skuespillere og instruktører i dit mediebibliotek.",
     "TaskCleanActivityLogDescription": "Sletter linjer i aktivitetsloggen ældre end den konfigurerede alder.",
     "TaskCleanActivityLog": "Ryd aktivitetslog",
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     "Forced": "Tvunget",
     "Default": "Standard",
     "TaskOptimizeDatabaseDescription": "Komprimerer databasen for at frigøre plads. Denne handling køres efter at have scannet mediebiblioteket, eller efter at have lavet ændringer til databasen.",
-    "TaskOptimizeDatabase": "Optimer database",
+    "TaskOptimizeDatabase": "Optimér database",
     "TaskKeyframeExtractorDescription": "Udtrækker rammer fra videofiler for at lave mere præcise HLS-playlister. Denne opgave kan tage lang tid.",
     "TaskKeyframeExtractor": "Udtræk nøglerammer",
     "External": "Ekstern",
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     "TaskRefreshTrickplayImagesDescription": "Laver trickplay-billeder for videoer i aktiverede biblioteker.",
     "TaskAudioNormalizationDescription": "Skanner filer for data vedrørende lydnormalisering.",
     "TaskAudioNormalization": "Lydnormalisering",
-    "TaskDownloadMissingLyricsDescription": "Søger på internettet efter manglende sangtekster baseret på metadata-konfigurationen",
+    "TaskDownloadMissingLyricsDescription": "Download sangtekster",
     "TaskDownloadMissingLyrics": "Hent manglende sangtekster",
     "TaskExtractMediaSegments": "Scan for mediesegmenter",
     "TaskMoveTrickplayImages": "Migrer billedelokationer for trickplay-billeder",

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/en_US.json

@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "AppDeviceValues": "App: {0}, Device: {1}",
-    "Artists": "Artists",
-    "AuthenticationSucceededWithUserName": "{0} successfully authenticated",
-    "Books": "Books",
-    "ChapterNameValue": "Chapter {0}",
-    "Collections": "Collections",
-    "Default": "Default",
-    "External": "External",
-    "FailedLoginAttemptWithUserName": "Failed login attempt from {0}",
-    "Favorites": "Favorites",
-    "Folders": "Folders",
-    "Forced": "Forced",
-    "Genres": "Genres",
-    "HeaderContinueWatching": "Continue Watching",
-    "HeaderFavoriteEpisodes": "Favorite Episodes",
-    "HeaderFavoriteShows": "Favorite Shows",
-    "HeaderLiveTV": "Live TV",
-    "HeaderNextUp": "Next Up",
-    "HearingImpaired": "Hearing Impaired",
-    "HomeVideos": "Home Videos",
-    "Inherit": "Inherit",
-    "LabelIpAddressValue": "IP address: {0}",
-    "LabelRunningTimeValue": "Running time: {0}",
-    "Latest": "Latest",
-    "LyricDownloadFailureFromForItem": "Lyrics failed to download from {0} for {1}",
-    "MixedContent": "Mixed content",
-    "Movies": "Movies",
-    "Music": "Music",
-    "MusicVideos": "Music Videos",
-    "NameInstallFailed": "{0} installation failed",
-    "NameSeasonNumber": "Season {0}",
-    "NameSeasonUnknown": "Season Unknown",
-    "NewVersionIsAvailable": "A new version of Jellyfin Server is available for download.",
-    "NotificationOptionApplicationUpdateAvailable": "Application update available",
-    "NotificationOptionApplicationUpdateInstalled": "Application update installed",
-    "NotificationOptionAudioPlayback": "Audio playback started",
-    "NotificationOptionAudioPlaybackStopped": "Audio playback stopped",
-    "NotificationOptionCameraImageUploaded": "Camera image uploaded",
-    "NotificationOptionInstallationFailed": "Installation failure",
-    "NotificationOptionNewLibraryContent": "New content added",
-    "NotificationOptionPluginError": "Plugin failure",
-    "NotificationOptionPluginInstalled": "Plugin installed",
-    "NotificationOptionPluginUninstalled": "Plugin uninstalled",
-    "NotificationOptionPluginUpdateInstalled": "Plugin update installed",
-    "NotificationOptionServerRestartRequired": "Server restart required",
-    "NotificationOptionTaskFailed": "Scheduled task failure",
-    "NotificationOptionUserLockedOut": "User locked out",
-    "NotificationOptionVideoPlayback": "Video playback started",
-    "NotificationOptionVideoPlaybackStopped": "Video playback stopped",
-    "Original": "Original",
-    "Photos": "Photos",
-    "PluginInstalledWithName": "{0} was installed",
-    "PluginUninstalledWithName": "{0} was uninstalled",
-    "PluginUpdatedWithName": "{0} was updated",
-    "ScheduledTaskFailedWithName": "{0} failed",
-    "Shows": "Shows",
-    "StartupEmbyServerIsLoading": "Jellyfin Server is loading. Please try again shortly.",
-    "SubtitleDownloadFailureFromForItem": "Subtitles failed to download from {0} to {1}",
-    "TvShows": "TV Shows",
-    "Undefined": "Undefined",
-    "UserCreatedWithName": "User {0} has been created",
-    "UserDeletedWithName": "User {0} has been deleted"
-}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/es_419.json

@@ -106,5 +106,7 @@
     "TaskExtractMediaSegments": "Escaneo de segmentos de medios",
     "TaskMoveTrickplayImages": "Migrar la ubicación de la imagen de Trickplay",
     "CleanupUserDataTask": "Tarea de limpieza de datos de usuario",
-    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "Limpia todos los datos de usuario (estado de visualización, favoritos, etc.) que no están presentes en la biblioteca por al menos 90 días."
+    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "Limpia todos los datos de usuario (estado de visualización, favoritos, etc.) que no están presentes en la biblioteca por al menos 90 días.",
+    "LyricDownloadFailureFromForItem": "No se pudo descargar las letras de {0} para {1}",
+    "Original": "Original"
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/fo.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-    "Artists": "Listafólk",
+    "Artists": "Tónlistafólk",
     "Collections": "Søvn",
-    "Default": "Sjálvgildi",
+    "Default": "Forsett",
     "External": "Ytri",
     "Genres": "Greinar",
     "AppDeviceValues": "App: {0}, Eind: {1}",
@@ -12,5 +12,62 @@
     "Forced": "Kravt",
     "FailedLoginAttemptWithUserName": "Miseydnað innritanarroynd frá {0}",
     "HeaderFavoriteEpisodes": "Yndispartar",
-    "LabelIpAddressValue": "IP atsetur: {0}"
+    "LabelIpAddressValue": "IP-atsetur: {0}",
+    "AuthenticationSucceededWithUserName": "{0} varð samgildur",
+    "HeaderFavoriteShows": "Yndisrøðir",
+    "HeaderLiveTV": "Beinleiðis sjónvarp",
+    "HearingImpaired": "Hoyrnarveik",
+    "Inherit": "Arvar",
+    "LabelRunningTimeValue": "Spælitíð: {0}",
+    "Latest": "Seinastu",
+    "LyricDownloadFailureFromForItem": "Miseydnaðist at niðurtakað sangtekst fyri {1} frá {0}",
+    "NameInstallFailed": "{0} innlegging miseydnaðist",
+    "NewVersionIsAvailable": "Ein nýggj útgáva av Jellyfin ambætaranum er tøk.",
+    "NotificationOptionNewLibraryContent": "Nýtt tilfar innlagt",
+    "NotificationOptionPluginInstalled": "Ískoytisforrit innlagt",
+    "NotificationOptionPluginUninstalled": "Ískoytisforrit strikað",
+    "NotificationOptionPluginUpdateInstalled": "Ískoytisforrit dagført",
+    "NotificationOptionUserLockedOut": "Brúkari útihýstur",
+    "Photos": "Ljósmyndir",
+    "PluginInstalledWithName": "{0} innlagt",
+    "PluginUninstalledWithName": "{0} strikað",
+    "PluginUpdatedWithName": "{0} dagført",
+    "Shows": "Røðir",
+    "SubtitleDownloadFailureFromForItem": "Miseydnaðist at niðurtakað undirtekstir til {1} frá {0}",
+    "TvShows": "Sjónvarpsrøðir",
+    "UserCreatedWithName": "Brúkari {0} er stovnaður",
+    "UserDeletedWithName": "Brúkari {0} er strikaður",
+    "UserDownloadingItemWithValues": "{0} niðurtekur {1}",
+    "UserLockedOutWithName": "Brúkari {0} er útihýstur",
+    "VersionNumber": "Útgáva {0}",
+    "TasksLibraryCategory": "Savn",
+    "TaskRefreshLibrary": "Skanna miðlasavn",
+    "TaskCleanLogsDescription": "Strikar gerðalistafílur eldri enn {0} dagar.",
+    "TaskUpdatePlugins": "Dagfør ískoytisforrit",
+    "TaskRefreshChannels": "Endurinnles rásir",
+    "TaskDownloadMissingLyricsDescription": "Niðurtekur sangtekstir",
+    "Movies": "Filmar",
+    "MixedContent": "Blandað innihald",
+    "Music": "Tónleikur",
+    "UserStartedPlayingItemWithValues": "{0} spælur {1} á {2}",
+    "HeaderContinueWatching": "Hald áfram at hyggja",
+    "MusicVideos": "Sjónbandaløg",
+    "TaskUpdatePluginsDescription": "Niðurtekur og innleggur dagføringar til ískoytisforrit ið eru stillaði til at dagførast sjálvvirkandi.",
+    "TaskCleanTranscodeDescription": "Strikar umkotaðar fílar ið eru eldri enn 1 dag.",
+    "TaskOptimizeDatabase": "Albøt dátugrunn",
+    "NameSeasonNumber": "Sesong {0}",
+    "NameSeasonUnknown": "Ókend sesong",
+    "ScheduledTaskFailedWithName": "{0} miseydnaðist",
+    "Undefined": "Óskilmarkað",
+    "TasksMaintenanceCategory": "Viðlíkahald",
+    "TaskCleanLogs": "Reinsa gerðalistaskjáttu",
+    "UserOnlineFromDevice": "{0} er íbundin frá {1}",
+    "HeaderNextUp": "Næst á skránni",
+    "NotificationOptionPluginError": "Brek í ískoytisforriti",
+    "NotificationOptionInstallationFailed": "Innleggingarbrek",
+    "NotificationOptionServerRestartRequired": "Tørvur er á ambætaraendurbyrjan",
+    "TasksApplicationCategory": "Nýtsluskipan",
+    "NotificationOptionApplicationUpdateAvailable": "Skipanardagføring er tøk",
+    "NotificationOptionApplicationUpdateInstalled": "Skipanardagføring varð innløgd",
+    "UserStoppedPlayingItemWithValues": "{0} er liðugur at spæla {1} á {2}"
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/gl.json

@@ -106,5 +106,6 @@
     "TaskRefreshTrickplayImages": "Xerar miniaturas de previsualización",
     "TaskAudioNormalizationDescription": "Escanea ficheiros á procura de datos de normalización de volume.",
     "CleanupUserDataTask": "Tarefa de limpeza de datos dos usuarios",
-    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "Limpa todos os datos do usuario (estado de visualización, de favorito etc.) dos medios ausentes polo menos 90 días."
+    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "Limpa todos os datos do usuario (estado de visualización, de favorito etc.) dos medios ausentes polo menos 90 días.",
+    "Original": "Orixinal"
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/he.json

@@ -106,5 +106,7 @@
     "TaskExtractMediaSegmentsDescription": "מחלץ חלקי מדיה מתוספים המאפשרים זאת.",
     "TaskMoveTrickplayImagesDescription": "הזזת קבצי Trickplay קיימים בהתאם להגדרות הספרייה.",
     "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "ניקוי כל המידע של המשתמש (מצב צפייה, מועדפים וכו) ממדיה שאינה קיימת מעל 90 יום.",
-    "CleanupUserDataTask": "משימת ניקוי מידע משתמש"
+    "CleanupUserDataTask": "משימת ניקוי מידע משתמש",
+    "LyricDownloadFailureFromForItem": "הורדת המילים מ-{0} עבור {1} נכשלה",
+    "Original": "מקור"
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/hi.json

@@ -105,5 +105,6 @@
     "TaskExtractMediaSegmentsDescription": "मीडियासेगमेंट सक्षम प्लगइन्स से मीडिया सेगमेंट निकालता है या प्राप्त करता है।",
     "TaskMoveTrickplayImages": "ट्रिकप्ले छवि स्थान माइग्रेट करें",
     "TaskMoveTrickplayImagesDescription": "लाइब्रेरी सेटिंग्स के अनुसार मौजूदा ट्रिकप्ले फ़ाइलों को स्थानांतरित करता है।",
-    "CleanupUserDataTask": "यूज़र डेटा सफाई कार्य"
+    "CleanupUserDataTask": "यूज़र डेटा सफाई कार्य",
+    "Original": "असली"
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/hr.json

@@ -107,5 +107,6 @@
     "TaskMoveTrickplayImagesDescription": "Premješta postojeće datoteke brzog pregledavanja u postavke biblioteke.",
     "CleanupUserDataTask": "Zadatak čišćenja korisničkih podataka",
     "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "Briše sve korisničke podatke (stanje gledanja, status favorita itd.) s medija koji više nisu prisutni najmanje 90 dana.",
-    "Original": "Original"
+    "Original": "Original",
+    "LyricDownloadFailureFromForItem": "Preuzimanje tekstova pjesmi od {0} za {1} nije uspjelo"
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/is.json

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "UserDownloadingItemWithValues": "{0} hleður niður {1}",
     "SubtitleDownloadFailureFromForItem": "Tókst ekki að hala niður skjátextum frá {0} til {1}",
     "Shows": "Þættir",
-    "TaskRefreshChannelsDescription": "Endurhlaða upplýsingum netrása.",
+    "TaskRefreshChannelsDescription": "Endurhleður upplýsingum netrása.",
     "TaskRefreshChannels": "Endurhlaða Rásir",
     "TaskCleanTranscodeDescription": "Eyða umkóðuðum skrám sem eru meira en einum degi eldri.",
     "TaskCleanTranscode": "Hreinsa Umkóðunarmöppu",
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "TasksMaintenanceCategory": "Viðhald",
     "Default": "Sjálfgefið",
     "TaskCleanActivityLog": "Hreinsa athafnaskrá",
-    "TaskRefreshPeople": "Endurnýja fólk",
+    "TaskRefreshPeople": "Endurnýja upplýsingar um fólk",
     "TaskDownloadMissingSubtitles": "Sækja texta sem vantar",
     "TaskOptimizeDatabase": "Fínstilla gagnagrunn",
     "Undefined": "Óskilgreint",
@@ -95,13 +95,18 @@
     "TaskCleanActivityLogDescription": "Eyðir virkniskráningarfærslum sem hafa náð settum hámarksaldri.",
     "Forced": "Þvingað",
     "External": "Útvær",
-    "TaskRefreshTrickplayImagesDescription": "Býr til hraðspilunarmyndir fyrir myndbönd í virkum söfnum.",
-    "TaskRefreshTrickplayImages": "Búa til hraðspilunarmyndir",
+    "TaskRefreshTrickplayImagesDescription": "Býr til hraðspilunarmyndir (Trickplay) fyrir myndbönd í virkum söfnum.",
+    "TaskRefreshTrickplayImages": "Búa til hraðspilunarmyndir (Trickplay)",
     "TaskAudioNormalization": "Hljóðstöðlun",
     "TaskAudioNormalizationDescription": "Leitar að hljóðstöðlunargögnum í skrám.",
     "TaskDownloadMissingLyricsDescription": "Sækja söngtexta fyrir lög",
     "TaskDownloadMissingLyrics": "Sækja söngtexta sem vantar",
     "TaskExtractMediaSegments": "Skönnun efnishluta",
     "CleanupUserDataTask": "Hreinsun notendagagna",
-    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "Hreinsar öll notendagögn (spilunarstöðu, uppáhöld o.s.frv.) um gögn sem hafa ekki verið til staðar í að lámarki 90 daga."
+    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "Hreinsar öll notendagögn (spilunarstöðu, uppáhöld o.s.frv.) um gögn sem hafa ekki verið til staðar í að lámarki 90 daga.",
+    "LyricDownloadFailureFromForItem": "Ekki tókst að niðurhala texta frá {0} fyrir {1}",
+    "Original": "Upprunaleg",
+    "TaskExtractMediaSegmentsDescription": "Sækir myndbúta úr viðbótum þar sem MediaSegment er virkt.",
+    "TaskMoveTrickplayImages": "Flytja geymslustað fyrir Trickplay-myndir",
+    "TaskMoveTrickplayImagesDescription": "Flytur fyrirliggjandi Trickplay-skrár í samræmi við stillingar safnsins."
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/ja.json

@@ -106,5 +106,7 @@
     "TaskDownloadMissingLyrics": "失われた歌詞をダウンロード",
     "TaskExtractMediaSegmentsDescription": "MediaSegment 対応プラグインからメディア セグメントを抽出または取得します。",
     "CleanupUserDataTask": "ユーザーデータのクリーンアップタスク",
-    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "90日以上存在しないメディアに対して、視聴状態やお気に入り状態などのユーザーデータをすべて削除します。"
+    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "90日以上存在しないメディアに対して、視聴状態やお気に入り状態などのユーザーデータをすべて削除します。",
+    "LyricDownloadFailureFromForItem": "歌詞",
+    "Original": "オリジナル"
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/ko.json

@@ -106,5 +106,7 @@
     "TaskDownloadMissingLyrics": "누락된 가사 다운로드",
     "TaskDownloadMissingLyricsDescription": "가사 다운로드",
     "CleanupUserDataTask": "사용자 데이터 정리 작업",
-    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "최소 90일 이상 존재하지 않는 미디어에 대한 사용자 데이터(시청 상태, 즐겨찾기 등)를 정리합니다."
+    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "최소 90일 이상 존재하지 않는 미디어에 대한 사용자 데이터(시청 상태, 즐겨찾기 등)를 정리합니다.",
+    "LyricDownloadFailureFromForItem": "{1}에 대한 가사를 {0}에서 다운로드하지 못했습니다",
+    "Original": "원본"
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/lb.json

@@ -104,5 +104,9 @@
     "TaskKeyframeExtractorDescription": "Extrahéiert Schlësselbiller aus Videodateien, fir méi präzis HLS-Playlisten ze erstellen. Dës Aufgab kann eng längere Zäit daueren.",
     "TaskRefreshChannelsDescription": "Aktualiséiert Informatiounen iwwer Internetkanäl.",
     "TaskExtractMediaSegmentsDescription": "Extrahéiert oder kritt Mediesegmenter aus Plugins, déi MediaSegment ënnerstëtzen.",
-    "TaskOptimizeDatabaseDescription": "Kompriméiert d’Datebank a schneit de fräie Speicherplatz zou. Dës Aufgab no engem Bibliothéik-Scan oder anere Ännerungen, déi Datebankmodifikatioune mat sech bréngen, auszeféieren, kann d’Performance verbesseren."
+    "TaskOptimizeDatabaseDescription": "Kompriméiert d’Datebank a schneit de fräie Speicherplatz zou. Dës Aufgab no engem Bibliothéik-Scan oder anere Ännerungen, déi Datebankmodifikatioune mat sech bréngen, auszeféieren, kann d’Performance verbesseren.",
+    "LyricDownloadFailureFromForItem": "Feeler beim Download vun de Songtexter vun {0} fir {1}",
+    "Original": "Original",
+    "CleanupUserDataTask": "Aufgab fir Berengege vu Benotzerdaten",
+    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "Läscht all Benotzerdaten (Ofspillstatus, Favoritestatus, asw.) vu Medien, déi zënter mindestens 90 Deeg net méi besteeënd sinn."
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/lv.json

@@ -107,5 +107,6 @@
     "TaskDownloadMissingLyricsDescription": "Lejupielādēt vārdus dziesmām",
     "CleanupUserDataTask": "Lietotāju datu tīrīšanas uzdevums",
     "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "Notīra visus lietotāja datus (skatīšanās stāvokļus, favorītu statusi utt.) no medijiem, kas vairs nav pieejami vismaz 90 dienas.",
-    "Original": "Oriģināls"
+    "Original": "Oriģināls",
+    "LyricDownloadFailureFromForItem": "Dziesmu vārdi nevarēja tikt lejupielādēti no {0} priekš {1}"
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/oc.json

@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
 {
-    "AppDeviceValues": "Aplicacion: {0}, Periferic: {1}"
+    "AppDeviceValues": "Aplicacion: {0}, Periferic: {1}",
+    "Books": "Libres",
+    "Artists": "Artistas",
+    "Collections": "Collecciones",
+    "ChapterNameValue": "Capitol {0}",
+    "External": "Extèrn",
+    "Folders": "Dorsièrs",
+    "Favorites": "Favorits",
+    "HeaderContinueWatching": "Contunhar de regardar",
+    "HeaderFavoriteEpisodes": "Episòdis Favorits",
+    "AuthenticationSucceededWithUserName": "{0} autentificat amb succès",
+    "HeaderFavoriteShows": "Serias Favoritas",
+    "HeaderLiveTV": "TV en dirècte",
+    "HeaderNextUp": "Seguent",
+    "HearingImpaired": "Amb de deficiéncias auditivas",
+    "Movies": "Filmes",
+    "Music": "Musica",
+    "Latest": "Darrièr",
+    "Forced": "Forçat",
+    "Default": "Defaut",
+    "Genres": "Genres",
+    "HomeVideos": "Vidèos d'Acuèlh",
+    "Inherit": "Eiretar",
+    "LabelIpAddressValue": "Adreça IP: {0}",
+    "LabelRunningTimeValue": "Temps d'execucion : {0}"
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/si.json

@@ -1 +1,15 @@
-{}
+{
+    "AppDeviceValues": "ඇප්: {0}, උපාංග: {1}",
+    "Artists": "කලාකරුවන්",
+    "AuthenticationSucceededWithUserName": "{0} සාර්ථකව තහවුරු කරන ලදී",
+    "Books": "පොත්",
+    "ChapterNameValue": "{0} වෙනි පරිච්ඡේදය",
+    "Collections": "සංහිතා",
+    "Default": "පෙරනිමි",
+    "External": "බාහිර",
+    "FailedLoginAttemptWithUserName": "{0} වෙතින් සිදුකළ පිවිසීමේ උත්සාහය අසාර්ථක විය",
+    "Favorites": "ප්‍රියතමයන්",
+    "Folders": "ෆෝල්ඩර",
+    "Forced": "නියමිත",
+    "Genres": "ප්‍රභේද"
+}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/sq.json

@@ -106,5 +106,7 @@
     "TaskAudioNormalization": "Normalizimi i audios",
     "TaskAudioNormalizationDescription": "Skannon skedarët për të dhëna të normalizimit të audios.",
     "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "Pastron të gjitha të dhënat e përdorueseve (gjendja e shikimit, statusi i të preferuarave etj.) nga mediat që nuk janë më të pranishme për të paktën 90 ditë.",
-    "CleanupUserDataTask": "Veprim për pastrimin të dhënave të përdorueseve"
+    "CleanupUserDataTask": "Veprim për pastrimin të dhënave të përdorueseve",
+    "LyricDownloadFailureFromForItem": "Teksti i këngës nuk arriti të shkarkohej nga {0} për {1}",
+    "Original": "Origjinal"
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/sw.json

@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-{}
+{
+    "Artists": "Wasanii",
+    "Books": "Vitabu",
+    "Collections": "Mikusanyiko"
+}

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/th.json

@@ -106,5 +106,7 @@
     "TaskExtractMediaSegmentsDescription": "แยกหรือดึงส่วนของสื่อจากปลั๊กอินที่เปิดใช้งาน MediaSegment",
     "TaskMoveTrickplayImages": "ย้ายตำแหน่งเก็บภาพตัวอย่าง Trickplay",
     "CleanupUserDataTask": "ส่วนงานล้างข้อมูลผู้ใช้",
-    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "ล้างข้อมูลผู้ใช้ทั้งหมด (สถานะการรับชม สถานะรายการโปรด ฯลฯ) จากสื่อที่ไม่ได้ใช้งานแล้วอย่างน้อย 90 วัน"
+    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "ล้างข้อมูลผู้ใช้ทั้งหมด (สถานะการรับชม สถานะรายการโปรด ฯลฯ) จากสื่อที่ไม่ได้ใช้งานแล้วอย่างน้อย 90 วัน",
+    "LyricDownloadFailureFromForItem": "ไม่สามารถดาวน์โหลดเนื้อเพลงจาก {0} สำหรับ {1}",
+    "Original": "ต้นฉบับ"
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/zh-HK.json

@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@
     "TaskCleanLogsDescription": "自動刪走超過 {0} 日嘅紀錄檔。",
     "TaskCleanLogs": "清理日誌資料夾",
     "TaskRefreshLibrary": "掃描媒體櫃",
-    "TaskRefreshChapterImagesDescription": "幫有章節嘅影片整返啲章節縮圖。",
-    "TaskRefreshChapterImages": "擷取章節圖片",
+    "TaskRefreshChapterImagesDescription": "幫有章節嘅影片整返啲章節預覽圖。",
+    "TaskRefreshChapterImages": "擷取章節圖像",
     "TaskCleanCacheDescription": "刪走系統已經唔再需要嘅快取檔案。",
     "TaskCleanCache": "清理快取（Cache）資料夾",
     "TasksChannelsCategory": "網路頻道",

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Core/zh-TW.json

@@ -106,5 +106,7 @@
     "TaskMoveTrickplayImages": "遷移快轉縮圖位置",
     "TaskMoveTrickplayImagesDescription": "根據媒體庫的設定遷移快轉縮圖的檔案。",
     "CleanupUserDataTask": "用戶資料清理工作",
-    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "從用戶資料中清除已被刪除超過 90 天的媒體的相關資料。"
+    "CleanupUserDataTaskDescription": "從用戶資料中清除已被刪除超過 90 天的媒體的相關資料。",
+    "Original": "原作",
+    "LyricDownloadFailureFromForItem": "無法從 {0} 下載 {1} 的歌詞"
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/LocalizationManager.cs

@@ -261,6 +261,24 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Localization
                 _cultures);
         }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public string? GetLanguageDisplayName(string language)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(language))
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var displayName = FindLanguageInfo(language)?.DisplayName;
+            if (displayName is null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            // Truncate at the first delimiter to avoid cluttered display names
+            return displayName.Split([';', ','], StringSplitOptions.None)[0].Trim();
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public IReadOnlyList<CountryInfo> GetCountries()
         {
@@ -356,6 +374,27 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Localization
         {
             ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty(rating);
 
+            // Some providers may list multiple ratings separated by '/' (e.g. "SE:15 / SE:15+ / SE:Från 15 år").
+            // Try each one in order and use the first that resolves.
+            var ratingValues = rating.Split('/', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries);
+
+            foreach (var ratingValue in ratingValues)
+            {
+                var score = GetSingleRatingScore(ratingValue, countryCode);
+                if (score is not null)
+                {
+                    return score;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Resolves a single rating value to a score.
+        /// </summary>
+        private ParentalRatingScore? GetSingleRatingScore(string rating, string? countryCode)
+        {
             // Handle unrated content
             if (_unratedValues.Contains(rating.AsSpan(), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
@@ -364,7 +403,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Localization
 
             // Convert ints directly
             // This may override some of the locale specific age ratings (but those always map to the same age)
-            if (int.TryParse(rating, out var ratingAge))
+            if (TryParseRatingAsScore(rating, out var ratingAge))
             {
                 return new(ratingAge, null);
             }
@@ -466,6 +505,13 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Localization
                     return true;
                 }
 
+                // If it's not a recognized rating string, fall back to using the number as the score
+                if (TryParseRatingAsScore(ratingPart, out var numericScore))
+                {
+                    result = new ParentalRatingScore(numericScore, null);
+                    return true;
+                }
+
                 _logger.LogWarning(
                     "Rating '{Rating}' not found in the '{CountryCode}' rating system, treating as unrated",
                     rating,
@@ -480,6 +526,18 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Localization
             return true;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Tries to parse a rating as a number, allowing an optional trailing '+' (e.g. "16" or "18+").
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="ratingValue">Rating value to parse.</param>
+        /// <param name="score">Parsed score.</param>
+        /// <returns>Returns true if parsing was successful.</returns>
+        private static bool TryParseRatingAsScore(ReadOnlySpan<char> ratingValue, out int score)
+        {
+            var trimmed = ratingValue.TrimEnd('+');
+            return int.TryParse(trimmed, out score);
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public string GetLocalizedString(string phrase)
         {
@@ -566,11 +624,15 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Localization
 
         private static string GetResourceFilename(string culture)
         {
-            var parts = culture.Split('-');
+            // Region codes may use a '-' (BCP-47, e.g. "pt-BR") or '_' (e.g. "es_419", "ar_SA") separator.
+            // Normalize the casing (lower-case language, upper-case region) while preserving the separator
+            // so the result matches the embedded resource file name, which is case-sensitive.
+            var separatorIndex = culture.IndexOfAny(['-', '_']);
 
-            if (parts.Length == 2)
+            if (separatorIndex > 0)
             {
-                culture = parts[0].ToLowerInvariant() + "-" + parts[1].ToUpperInvariant();
+                var separator = culture[separatorIndex];
+                culture = culture[..separatorIndex].ToLowerInvariant() + separator + culture[(separatorIndex + 1)..].ToUpperInvariant();
             }
             else
             {

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Ratings/gr.json

@@ -10,21 +10,42 @@
             }
         },
         {
-            "ratingStrings": ["K12"],
+            "ratingStrings": ["K12", "K-12", "12"],
+            "ratingScore": {
+                "score": 12,
+                "subScore": null
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "ratingStrings": ["K13", "K-13", "13"],
             "ratingScore": {
                 "score": 13,
                 "subScore": null
             }
         },
         {
-            "ratingStrings": ["K15"],
+            "ratingStrings": ["K15", "K-15", "15"],
             "ratingScore": {
                 "score": 15,
                 "subScore": null
             }
         },
         {
-            "ratingStrings": ["K18"],
+            "ratingStrings": ["K16", "K-16", "16"],
+            "ratingScore": {
+                "score": 16,
+                "subScore": null
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "ratingStrings": ["K17", "K-17", "17"],
+            "ratingScore": {
+                "score": 17,
+                "subScore": null
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "ratingStrings": ["K18", "K-18", "18", "18+"],
             "ratingScore": {
                 "score": 18,
                 "subScore": null

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Ratings/se.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
             }
         },
         {
-            "ratingStrings": ["7"],
+            "ratingStrings": ["7", "7+", "7 År", "Från 7 år"],
             "ratingScore": {
                 "score": 7,
                 "subScore": null
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             }
         },
         {
-            "ratingStrings": ["11"],
+            "ratingStrings": ["11", "11+", "11 År", "Från 11 år"],
             "ratingScore": {
                 "score": 11,
                 "subScore": null
@@ -45,11 +45,18 @@
             }
         },
         {
-            "ratingStrings": ["15"],
+            "ratingStrings": ["15", "15+", "15 År", "Från 15 år"],
             "ratingScore": {
                 "score": 15,
                 "subScore": null
             }
+        },
+        {
+            "ratingStrings": ["18", "18+", "Barnförbjuden", "Bfj"],
+            "ratingScore": {
+                "score": 18,
+                "subScore": null
+            }
         }
     ]
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Playlists/PlaylistManager.cs

@@ -219,28 +219,15 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Playlists
             var playlist = _libraryManager.GetItemById(playlistId) as Playlist
                 ?? throw new ArgumentException("No Playlist exists with Id " + playlistId);
 
-            // Retrieve all the items to be added to the playlist
+            // Retrieve all the items to be added to the playlist.
             var newItems = GetPlaylistItems(newItemIds, user, options)
                 .Where(i => i.SupportsAddingToPlaylist);
 
-            // Filter out duplicate items
-            var existingIds = playlist.LinkedChildren.Select(c => c.ItemId).ToHashSet();
-            newItems = newItems
-                .Where(i => !existingIds.Contains(i.Id))
-                .Distinct();
-
             // Create a list of the new linked children to add to the playlist
             var childrenToAdd = newItems
                 .Select(LinkedChild.Create)
                 .ToList();
 
-            // Log duplicates that have been ignored, if any
-            int numDuplicates = newItemIds.Count - childrenToAdd.Count;
-            if (numDuplicates > 0)
-            {
-                _logger.LogWarning("Ignored adding {DuplicateCount} duplicate items to playlist {PlaylistName}.", numDuplicates, playlist.Name);
-            }
-
             // Do nothing else if there are no items to add to the playlist
             if (childrenToAdd.Count == 0)
             {

Emby.Server.Implementations/ScheduledTasks/Tasks/AudioNormalizationTask.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ public partial class AudioNormalizationTask : IScheduledTask
             {
                 FileName = _mediaEncoder.EncoderPath,
                 Arguments = args,
-                RedirectStandardOutput = false,
+                StandardErrorEncoding = Encoding.UTF8,
                 RedirectStandardError = true
             },
         })

Emby.Server.Implementations/ScheduledTasks/Tasks/OptimizeDatabaseTask.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Globalization;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ public class OptimizeDatabaseTask : IScheduledTask, IConfigurableScheduledTask
     private readonly ILogger<OptimizeDatabaseTask> _logger;
     private readonly ILocalizationManager _localization;
     private readonly IJellyfinDatabaseProvider _jellyfinDatabaseProvider;
+    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="OptimizeDatabaseTask" /> class.
@@ -24,14 +26,17 @@ public class OptimizeDatabaseTask : IScheduledTask, IConfigurableScheduledTask
     /// <param name="logger">Instance of the <see cref="ILogger"/> interface.</param>
     /// <param name="localization">Instance of the <see cref="ILocalizationManager"/> interface.</param>
     /// <param name="jellyfinDatabaseProvider">Instance of the JellyfinDatabaseProvider that can be used for provider specific operations.</param>
+    /// <param name="libraryManager">Instance of the <see cref="ILibraryManager"/> interface.</param>
     public OptimizeDatabaseTask(
         ILogger<OptimizeDatabaseTask> logger,
         ILocalizationManager localization,
-        IJellyfinDatabaseProvider jellyfinDatabaseProvider)
+        IJellyfinDatabaseProvider jellyfinDatabaseProvider,
+        ILibraryManager libraryManager)
     {
         _logger = logger;
         _localization = localization;
         _jellyfinDatabaseProvider = jellyfinDatabaseProvider;
+        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -68,6 +73,15 @@ public class OptimizeDatabaseTask : IScheduledTask, IConfigurableScheduledTask
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public async Task ExecuteAsync(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
+        // Vacuuming/checkpointing requires an exclusive lock on the database. Running it while a library scan is in
+        // progress causes both operations to contend for the database and can stall the scan, so defer optimization
+        // until no scan is running. The task will run again on its next trigger.
+        if (_libraryManager.IsScanRunning)
+        {
+            _logger.LogInformation("Skipping database optimization because a library scan is currently running.");
+            return;
+        }
+
         _logger.LogInformation("Optimizing and vacuuming jellyfin.db...");
 
         try

Emby.Server.Implementations/ScheduledTasks/Tasks/PeopleValidationTask.cs

@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
 using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations;
+using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Globalization;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.ScheduledTasks.Tasks;
 
@@ -20,6 +27,9 @@ public class PeopleValidationTask : IScheduledTask, IConfigurableScheduledTask
     private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
     private readonly ILocalizationManager _localization;
     private readonly IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> _dbContextFactory;
+    private readonly IFileSystem _fileSystem;
+    private readonly ILogger<PeopleValidationTask> _logger;
+    private readonly IItemTypeLookup _itemTypeLookup;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PeopleValidationTask" /> class.
@@ -27,11 +37,23 @@ public class PeopleValidationTask : IScheduledTask, IConfigurableScheduledTask
     /// <param name="libraryManager">Instance of the <see cref="ILibraryManager"/> interface.</param>
     /// <param name="localization">Instance of the <see cref="ILocalizationManager"/> interface.</param>
     /// <param name="dbContextFactory">Instance of the <see cref="IDbContextFactory{TContext}"/> interface.</param>
-    public PeopleValidationTask(ILibraryManager libraryManager, ILocalizationManager localization, IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> dbContextFactory)
+    /// <param name="fileSystem">Instance of the <see cref="IFileSystem"/> interface.</param>
+    /// <param name="logger">Instance of the <see cref="ILogger{PeopleValidationTask}"/> interface.</param>
+    /// <param name="itemTypeLookup">Instance of the <see cref="IItemTypeLookup"/> interface.</param>
+    public PeopleValidationTask(
+        ILibraryManager libraryManager,
+        ILocalizationManager localization,
+        IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> dbContextFactory,
+        IFileSystem fileSystem,
+        ILogger<PeopleValidationTask> logger,
+        IItemTypeLookup itemTypeLookup)
     {
         _libraryManager = libraryManager;
         _localization = localization;
         _dbContextFactory = dbContextFactory;
+        _fileSystem = fileSystem;
+        _logger = logger;
+        _itemTypeLookup = itemTypeLookup;
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -71,13 +93,19 @@ public class PeopleValidationTask : IScheduledTask, IConfigurableScheduledTask
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public async Task ExecuteAsync(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        IProgress<double> subProgress = new Progress<double>((val) => progress.Report(val / 2));
-        await _libraryManager.ValidatePeopleAsync(subProgress, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        // People validation performs heavy database writes that contend with an active library scan.
+        // Defer it until the scan has finished; the task will run again on its next trigger.
+        if (_libraryManager.IsScanRunning)
+        {
+            _logger.LogInformation("Skipping people validation because a library scan is currently running.");
+            return;
+        }
 
-        subProgress = new Progress<double>((val) => progress.Report((val / 2) + 50));
+        // Phase 1: Deduplicate and remove orphaned people (0-33%)
         var context = await _dbContextFactory.CreateDbContextAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         await using (context.ConfigureAwait(false))
         {
+            IProgress<double> subProgress = new Progress<double>((val) => progress.Report(val / 3));
             var dupQuery = context.Peoples
                     .GroupBy(e => new { e.Name, e.PersonType })
                     .Where(e => e.Count() > 1)
@@ -123,7 +151,113 @@ public class PeopleValidationTask : IScheduledTask, IConfigurableScheduledTask
                 ArrayPool<Guid[]>.Shared.Return(buffer);
             }
 
+            var peopleToDelete = await context.Peoples
+                .Where(p => !context.PeopleBaseItemMap.Any(m => m.PeopleId.Equals(p.Id)))
+                .ExecuteDeleteAsync(cancellationToken)
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+            _logger.LogInformation("Removed {Count} orphaned people.", peopleToDelete);
+
             subProgress.Report(100);
         }
+
+        // Phase 2: Validate people (33-66%). Runs after orphaned PeopleBaseItemMap entries are
+        // cleaned up above, so dead people are removed in a single pass instead of requiring a second run.
+        IProgress<double> validateProgress = new Progress<double>((val) => progress.Report((val / 3) + 33));
+        await _libraryManager.ValidatePeopleAsync(validateProgress, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        // Phase 3: Refresh images for people missing them (66-100%)
+        IProgress<double> refreshProgress = new Progress<double>((val) => progress.Report((val / 3) + 66));
+        await RefreshPeopleImagesAsync(refreshProgress, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        progress.Report(100);
+    }
+
+    private async Task RefreshPeopleImagesAsync(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var thirtyDaysAgo = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-30);
+        var personTypeName = _itemTypeLookup.BaseItemKindNames[BaseItemKind.Person];
+
+        var context = await _dbContextFactory.CreateDbContextAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await using (context.ConfigureAwait(false))
+        {
+            const int PartitionSize = 100;
+
+            var numPeople = await context.BaseItems
+                .AsNoTracking()
+                .Where(b => b.Type == personTypeName)
+                .Where(b => b.DateLastRefreshed == null || b.DateLastRefreshed < thirtyDaysAgo)
+                .Where(b =>
+                    !b.Images!.Any(i => i.ImageType == ImageInfoImageType.Primary) ||
+                    string.IsNullOrEmpty(b.Overview))
+                .CountAsync(cancellationToken)
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            _logger.LogDebug("Found {Count} people needing image/overview refresh", numPeople);
+
+            if (numPeople == 0)
+            {
+                progress.Report(100);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var numComplete = 0;
+            var numRefreshed = 0;
+
+            await foreach (var entry in context.BaseItems
+                .AsNoTracking()
+                .Where(b => b.Type == personTypeName)
+                .Where(b => b.DateLastRefreshed == null || b.DateLastRefreshed < thirtyDaysAgo)
+                .Where(b =>
+                    !b.Images!.Any(i => i.ImageType == ImageInfoImageType.Primary) ||
+                    string.IsNullOrEmpty(b.Overview))
+                .OrderBy(b => b.Id)
+                .WithPartitionProgress(partition => _logger.LogDebug("Processing people partition {Partition}", partition))
+                .PartitionEagerAsync(PartitionSize, cancellationToken)
+                .WithCancellation(cancellationToken)
+                .ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                if (await RefreshPersonAsync(entry.Id, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
+                {
+                    numRefreshed++;
+                }
+
+                numComplete++;
+                progress.Report(100.0 * numComplete / numPeople);
+            }
+
+            _logger.LogInformation("Refreshed metadata for {Count} people missing images or overview", numRefreshed);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task<bool> RefreshPersonAsync(Guid personId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            if (_libraryManager.GetItemById(personId) is not Person item)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var hasImage = item.HasImage(MediaBrowser.Model.Entities.ImageType.Primary);
+            var hasOverview = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Overview);
+
+            var options = new MetadataRefreshOptions(new DirectoryService(_fileSystem))
+            {
+                ImageRefreshMode = hasImage ? MetadataRefreshMode.ValidationOnly : MetadataRefreshMode.Default,
+                MetadataRefreshMode = hasOverview ? MetadataRefreshMode.ValidationOnly : MetadataRefreshMode.Default
+            };
+
+            await item.RefreshMetadata(options, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        {
+            throw;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error refreshing images for person {PersonId}", personId);
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Session/SessionManager.cs

@@ -343,6 +343,10 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Session
                     _activeLiveStreamSessions.TryRemove(liveStreamId, out _);
                 }
             }
+            else
+            {
+                liveStreamNeedsToBeClosed = true;
+            }
 
             if (liveStreamNeedsToBeClosed)
             {
@@ -637,8 +641,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Session
             if (playingSessions.Count > 0)
             {
                 var idle = playingSessions
-                    .Where(i => (DateTime.UtcNow - i.LastPlaybackCheckIn).TotalMinutes > 5)
-                    .ToList();
+                    .Where(i => (DateTime.UtcNow - i.LastPlaybackCheckIn).TotalMinutes > 5);
 
                 foreach (var session in idle)
                 {
@@ -725,6 +728,31 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Session
             return item;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Resolves the item whose user data (playback position, played status) should be updated
+        /// for a playback report. When an alternate version is played the client reports the displayed
+        /// item as <c>ItemId</c> and the played version as <c>MediaSourceId</c>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="libraryItem">The now playing (displayed) item.</param>
+        /// <param name="mediaSourceId">The reported media source id.</param>
+        /// <returns>The item to track progress against.</returns>
+        private BaseItem GetProgressItem(BaseItem libraryItem, string mediaSourceId)
+        {
+            if (libraryItem is Video libraryVideo
+                && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(mediaSourceId)
+                && Guid.TryParse(mediaSourceId, out var mediaSourceItemId)
+                && !mediaSourceItemId.Equals(libraryVideo.Id))
+            {
+                var versionItem = libraryVideo.GetAlternateVersion(mediaSourceItemId);
+                if (versionItem is not null)
+                {
+                    return versionItem;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return libraryItem;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Used to report that playback has started for an item.
         /// </summary>
@@ -756,9 +784,10 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Session
 
             if (libraryItem is not null)
             {
+                var progressItem = GetProgressItem(libraryItem, info.MediaSourceId);
                 foreach (var user in users)
                 {
-                    OnPlaybackStart(user, libraryItem);
+                    OnPlaybackStart(user, progressItem);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -890,9 +919,10 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Session
             // only update saved user data on actual check-ins, not automated ones
             if (libraryItem is not null && !isAutomated)
             {
+                var progressItem = GetProgressItem(libraryItem, info.MediaSourceId);
                 foreach (var user in users)
                 {
-                    OnPlaybackProgress(user, libraryItem, info);
+                    OnPlaybackProgress(user, progressItem, info);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -952,6 +982,20 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Session
             if (changed)
             {
                 _userDataManager.SaveUserData(user, item, data, UserDataSaveReason.PlaybackProgress, CancellationToken.None);
+
+                // A completed version marks every alternate version played and clears their resume points, so the
+                // whole movie leaves Continue Watching and reads as watched everywhere. (Per-version resume positions
+                // only persist while nothing has been completed yet.)
+                if (data.Played == true && item is Video playedVideo)
+                {
+                    playedVideo.PropagatePlayedState(user, true);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ((!user.RememberAudioSelections && info.AudioStreamIndex.HasValue)
+                || (!user.RememberSubtitleSelections && info.SubtitleStreamIndex.HasValue))
+            {
+                _userDataManager.ResetPlaybackStreamSelections(user, item);
             }
         }
 
@@ -1083,9 +1127,10 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Session
 
             if (libraryItem is not null)
             {
+                var progressItem = GetProgressItem(libraryItem, info.MediaSourceId);
                 foreach (var user in users)
                 {
-                    playedToCompletion = OnPlaybackStopped(user, libraryItem, info.PositionTicks, info.Failed);
+                    playedToCompletion = OnPlaybackStopped(user, progressItem, info.PositionTicks, info.Failed);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1138,6 +1183,14 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Session
 
             _userDataManager.SaveUserData(user, item, data, UserDataSaveReason.PlaybackFinished, CancellationToken.None);
 
+            // A completed version marks every alternate version played and clears their resume points, so the
+            // whole movie leaves Continue Watching and reads as watched everywhere. (Per-version resume positions
+            // only persist while nothing has been completed yet.)
+            if (data.Played == true && item is Video playedVideo)
+            {
+                playedVideo.PropagatePlayedState(user, true);
+            }
+
             return playedToCompletion;
         }
 

Emby.Server.Implementations/Session/SessionWebSocketListener.cs

@@ -246,8 +246,21 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Session
                     _logger.LogInformation("Lost {0} WebSockets.", lost.Count);
                     foreach (var webSocket in lost)
                     {
-                        // TODO: handle session relative to the lost webSocket
                         RemoveWebSocket(webSocket);
+
+                        // The connection stopped answering keep-alives, so a close frame will
+                        // never arrive and the pending receive loop would hang forever, keeping
+                        // the session (and e.g. its SyncPlay group membership) alive. Disposing
+                        // the connection aborts the receive loop, which raises Closed and lets
+                        // the session end normally.
+                        try
+                        {
+                            webSocket.Dispose();
+                        }
+                        catch (Exception exception)
+                        {
+                            _logger.LogWarning(exception, "Error disposing lost WebSocket from {RemoteEndPoint}.", webSocket.RemoteEndPoint);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Sorting/DateLastMediaAddedComparer.cs

@@ -3,34 +3,14 @@
 
 using System;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
-using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Sorting;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Querying;
 
 namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Sorting
 {
-    public class DateLastMediaAddedComparer : IUserBaseItemComparer
+    public class DateLastMediaAddedComparer : IBaseItemComparer
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the user.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The user.</value>
-        public User User { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the user manager.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The user manager.</value>
-        public IUserManager UserManager { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the user data manager.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The user data manager.</value>
-        public IUserDataManager UserDataManager { get; set; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the name.
         /// </summary>

Emby.Server.Implementations/Sorting/PremiereDateComparer.cs

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Sorting
                 return x.PremiereDate.Value;
             }
 
-            if (x.ProductionYear.HasValue)
+            if (x.ProductionYear is not null)
             {
                 try
                 {

Emby.Server.Implementations/Sorting/ProductionYearComparer.cs

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Sorting
                 return 0;
             }
 
-            if (x.ProductionYear.HasValue)
+            if (x.ProductionYear is not null)
             {
                 return x.ProductionYear.Value;
             }

Emby.Server.Implementations/TV/TVSeriesManager.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using Jellyfin.Data;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
@@ -136,11 +137,15 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.TV
 
                 if (nextEpisode is not null)
                 {
+                    // The last played date and the version that was actually played live on the version item's user data
+                    // The played state propagated to the sibling versions carries no date
+                    var (playedVersion, lastPlayedDate) = GetMostRecentlyPlayedVersion(result.LastWatched, user);
+                    nextEpisode = GetPreferredVersion(nextEpisode, result.LastWatched, playedVersion);
+
                     DateTime lastWatchedDate = DateTime.MinValue;
                     if (result.LastWatched is not null)
                     {
-                        var userData = _userDataManager.GetUserData(user, result.LastWatched);
-                        lastWatchedDate = userData?.LastPlayedDate ?? DateTime.MinValue.AddDays(1);
+                        lastWatchedDate = lastPlayedDate ?? DateTime.MinValue.AddDays(1);
                     }
 
                     nextUpList.Add((lastWatchedDate, nextEpisode));
@@ -152,11 +157,13 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.TV
 
                     if (nextPlayedEpisode is not null)
                     {
+                        var (playedVersion, lastPlayedDate) = GetMostRecentlyPlayedVersion(result.LastWatchedForRewatching, user);
+                        nextPlayedEpisode = GetPreferredVersion(nextPlayedEpisode, result.LastWatchedForRewatching, playedVersion);
+
                         DateTime rewatchLastWatchedDate = DateTime.MinValue;
                         if (result.LastWatchedForRewatching is not null)
                         {
-                            var userData = _userDataManager.GetUserData(user, result.LastWatchedForRewatching);
-                            rewatchLastWatchedDate = userData?.LastPlayedDate ?? DateTime.MinValue.AddDays(1);
+                            rewatchLastWatchedDate = lastPlayedDate ?? DateTime.MinValue.AddDays(1);
                         }
 
                         nextUpList.Add((rewatchLastWatchedDate, nextPlayedEpisode));
@@ -219,10 +226,13 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.TV
 
             if (nextEpisode is not null && !includeResumable)
             {
-                var userData = _userDataManager.GetUserData(user, nextEpisode);
-                if (userData?.PlaybackPositionTicks > 0)
+                // The resume progress may live on an alternate version
+                foreach (var version in nextEpisode.GetAllVersions())
                 {
-                    return null;
+                    if (_userDataManager.GetUserData(user, version)?.PlaybackPositionTicks > 0)
+                    {
+                        return null;
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -237,6 +247,74 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.TV
             return DetermineNextEpisode(result, user, includeSpecials, includeResumable: false, includePlayed: true);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the version of the last watched episode that was actually played, together with its last played date.
+        /// The version that was played carries the most recent LastPlayedDate.
+        /// dates.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="lastWatched">The last watched episode (any version).</param>
+        /// <param name="user">The user.</param>
+        /// <returns>The played version and its last played date.</returns>
+        private (Video? PlayedVersion, DateTime? LastPlayedDate) GetMostRecentlyPlayedVersion(BaseItem? lastWatched, User user)
+        {
+            if (lastWatched is not Video lastWatchedVideo)
+            {
+                return (null, null);
+            }
+
+            var versions = lastWatchedVideo.GetAllVersions();
+            var userDataByVersion = _userDataManager.GetUserDataBatch(versions, user);
+
+            var playedVersion = VersionPlaybackSelector.SelectMostRecentlyPlayed(
+                versions,
+                version => userDataByVersion.GetValueOrDefault(version.Id),
+                data => data.LastPlayedDate.HasValue);
+
+            return (playedVersion, playedVersion is null ? null : userDataByVersion[playedVersion.Id].LastPlayedDate);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// When the last watched episode was played as an alternate version, prefer the next episode's version with the matching name,
+        /// so Next Up continues in the version the user has been watching instead of falling back to the primary.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="nextEpisode">The determined next episode (a primary).</param>
+        /// <param name="lastWatched">The last watched episode.</param>
+        /// <param name="playedVersion">The version of the last watched episode that was played.</param>
+        /// <returns>The matching version of the next episode, or the episode itself.</returns>
+        private Episode GetPreferredVersion(Episode nextEpisode, BaseItem? lastWatched, Video? playedVersion)
+        {
+            // No version preference, or the primary was played
+            if (lastWatched is not Video lastWatchedVideo
+                || playedVersion is null
+                || !playedVersion.PrimaryVersionId.HasValue)
+            {
+                return nextEpisode;
+            }
+
+            // Match by version name
+            var playedVersionId = playedVersion.Id.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            var playedVersionName = lastWatchedVideo.GetMediaSources(false)
+                .FirstOrDefault(source => string.Equals(source.Id, playedVersionId, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))?.Name;
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(playedVersionName))
+            {
+                return nextEpisode;
+            }
+
+            var matchingSource = nextEpisode.GetMediaSources(false)
+                .FirstOrDefault(source => string.Equals(source.Name, playedVersionName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+
+            if (matchingSource is not null
+                && Guid.TryParse(matchingSource.Id, out var matchingId)
+                && !matchingId.Equals(nextEpisode.Id)
+                && _libraryManager.GetItemById<Episode>(matchingId) is { } matchingVersion)
+            {
+                return matchingVersion;
+            }
+
+            return nextEpisode;
+        }
+
         private static string GetUniqueSeriesKey(Series series)
         {
             return series.GetPresentationUniqueKey();

Emby.Server.Implementations/Updates/InstallationManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Buffers;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Updates
     /// </summary>
     public class InstallationManager : IInstallationManager
     {
+        private static readonly SearchValues<char> InvalidPackageNameChars = SearchValues.Create([.. Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars(), '/', '\\']);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The logger.
         /// </summary>
@@ -521,9 +524,27 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Updates
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (!IsValidPackageDirectoryName(package.Name))
+            {
+                _logger.LogError("Refusing to install package with invalid name {PackageName}.", package.Name);
+                throw new InvalidDataException($"Plugin package name '{package.Name}' is not a valid directory name.");
+            }
+
             // Always override the passed-in target (which is a file) and figure it out again
             string targetDir = Path.Combine(_appPaths.PluginsPath, package.Name);
 
+            var pluginsRoot = Path.TrimEndingDirectorySeparator(Path.GetFullPath(_appPaths.PluginsPath));
+            var resolvedTarget = Path.GetFullPath(targetDir);
+            if (!resolvedTarget.StartsWith(pluginsRoot + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                _logger.LogError(
+                    "Refusing to install package {PackageName}: resolved target {Resolved} is outside plugins directory {Root}.",
+                    package.Name,
+                    resolvedTarget,
+                    pluginsRoot);
+                throw new InvalidDataException($"Plugin package name '{package.Name}' resolves outside the plugins directory.");
+            }
+
             using var response = await _httpClientFactory.CreateClient(NamedClient.Default)
                 .GetAsync(new Uri(package.SourceUrl), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
@@ -572,6 +593,26 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Updates
             _pluginManager.ImportPluginFrom(targetDir);
         }
 
+        private static bool IsValidPackageDirectoryName(string? name)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (name.Equals(".", StringComparison.Ordinal) || name.Equals("..", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (name.IndexOfAny(InvalidPackageNameChars) >= 0)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
         private async Task<bool> InstallPackageInternal(InstallationInfo package, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             LocalPlugin? plugin = _pluginManager.Plugins.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Id.Equals(package.Id) && p.Version.Equals(package.Version))

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/ActivityLogController.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Jellyfin.Api.Helpers;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Queries;
 using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
@@ -84,36 +84,9 @@ public class ActivityLogController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             ItemId = itemId,
             Username = username,
             Severity = severity,
-            OrderBy = GetOrderBy(sortBy ?? [], sortOrder ?? []),
+            OrderBy = RequestHelpers.GetOrderBy(sortBy ?? [], sortOrder ?? []),
         };
 
         return await _activityManager.GetPagedResultAsync(query).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
-
-    private static (ActivityLogSortBy SortBy, SortOrder SortOrder)[] GetOrderBy(
-        IReadOnlyList<ActivityLogSortBy> sortBy,
-        IReadOnlyList<SortOrder> requestedSortOrder)
-    {
-        if (sortBy.Count == 0)
-        {
-            return [];
-        }
-
-        var result = new (ActivityLogSortBy, SortOrder)[sortBy.Count];
-        var i = 0;
-        for (; i < requestedSortOrder.Count; i++)
-        {
-            result[i] = (sortBy[i], requestedSortOrder[i]);
-        }
-
-        // Add remaining elements with the first specified SortOrder
-        // or the default one if no SortOrders are specified
-        var order = requestedSortOrder.Count > 0 ? requestedSortOrder[0] : SortOrder.Ascending;
-        for (; i < sortBy.Count; i++)
-        {
-            result[i] = (sortBy[i], order);
-        }
-
-        return result;
-    }
 }

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs

@@ -1607,8 +1607,9 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
 
             if (state.VideoStream is not null && state.IsOutputVideo)
             {
-                // fMP4 needs this flag to write the audio packet DTS/PTS including the initial delay into MOOF::TRAF::TFDT
-                hlsArguments += $" {(useLegacySegmentOption ? "-hls_ts_options" : "-hls_segment_options")} movflags=+frag_discont";
+                // fMP4 needs frag_discont to write the audio packet DTS/PTS including the initial delay into MOOF::TRAF::TFDT
+                // HLS does not use SIDX, and skipping it avoids FFmpeg rewriting open-GOP boundary packet PTS
+                hlsArguments += $" {(useLegacySegmentOption ? "-hls_ts_options" : "-hls_segment_options")} movflags=+frag_discont+skip_sidx";
             }
 
             segmentFormat = "fmp4" + outputFmp4HeaderArg;

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/FilterController.cs

@@ -158,13 +158,43 @@ public class FilterController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             IsSeries = isSeries
         };
 
+        var streamLanguageQuery = new InternalItemsQuery(user)
+        {
+            // It's possible that different langauges are only available on alternative versions.
+            // To fetch them all, owned items are included.
+            IncludeOwnedItems = true,
+            IncludeItemTypes = includeItemTypes,
+            DtoOptions = new DtoOptions
+            {
+                Fields = Array.Empty<ItemFields>(),
+                EnableImages = false,
+                EnableUserData = false
+            },
+            IsAiring = isAiring,
+            IsMovie = isMovie,
+            IsSports = isSports,
+            IsKids = isKids,
+            IsNews = isNews,
+            IsSeries = isSeries
+        };
+
         if ((recursive ?? true) || parentItem is UserView || parentItem is ICollectionFolder)
         {
-            genreQuery.AncestorIds = parentItem is null ? Array.Empty<Guid>() : new[] { parentItem.Id };
+            var ancestorIds = parentItem is null ? Array.Empty<Guid>() : new[] { parentItem.Id };
+            genreQuery.AncestorIds = ancestorIds;
+            streamLanguageQuery.AncestorIds = ancestorIds;
         }
         else
         {
             genreQuery.Parent = parentItem;
+            streamLanguageQuery.Parent = parentItem;
+        }
+
+        if ((includeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Series) || includeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Season))
+            && !includeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Episode))
+        {
+            // streams are joined on epsiodes not shows or seasons
+            streamLanguageQuery.IncludeItemTypes = [.. includeItemTypes, BaseItemKind.Episode];
         }
 
         if (includeItemTypes.Length == 1
@@ -188,10 +218,13 @@ public class FilterController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             }).ToArray();
         }
 
-        if (includeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Movie) || includeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Series))
+        if (includeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Movie)
+            || includeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Series)
+            || includeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Season)
+            || includeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Episode))
         {
             filters.AudioLanguages = _libraryManager
-                .GetMediaStreamLanguages(MediaStreamType.Audio)
+                .GetMediaStreamLanguages(MediaStreamType.Audio, streamLanguageQuery)
                 .Select(language =>
                 {
                     var culture = _localization.FindLanguageInfo(language);
@@ -204,7 +237,7 @@ public class FilterController : BaseJellyfinApiController
                 .OrderBy(l => l.Name)
                 .ToArray();
             filters.SubtitleLanguages = _libraryManager
-                .GetMediaStreamLanguages(MediaStreamType.Subtitle)
+                .GetMediaStreamLanguages(MediaStreamType.Subtitle, streamLanguageQuery)
                 .Select(language =>
                 {
                     var culture = _localization.FindLanguageInfo(language);

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/HlsSegmentController.cs

@@ -60,11 +60,8 @@ public class HlsSegmentController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     public ActionResult GetHlsAudioSegmentLegacy([FromRoute, Required] string itemId, [FromRoute, Required] string segmentId)
     {
         // TODO: Deprecate with new iOS app
-        var file = string.Concat(segmentId, Path.GetExtension(Request.Path.Value.AsSpan()));
-        var transcodePath = _serverConfigurationManager.GetTranscodePath();
-        file = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(transcodePath, file));
-        var fileDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(file);
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileDir) || !fileDir.StartsWith(transcodePath, StringComparison.InvariantCulture))
+        var file = ValidateTranscodePath(string.Concat(segmentId, Path.GetExtension(Request.Path.Value.AsSpan())));
+        if (file is null)
         {
             return BadRequest("Invalid segment.");
         }
@@ -86,12 +83,9 @@ public class HlsSegmentController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     [SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1801:ReviewUnusedParameters", MessageId = "itemId", Justification = "Required for ServiceStack")]
     public ActionResult GetHlsPlaylistLegacy([FromRoute, Required] string itemId, [FromRoute, Required] string playlistId)
     {
-        var file = string.Concat(playlistId, Path.GetExtension(Request.Path.Value.AsSpan()));
-        var transcodePath = _serverConfigurationManager.GetTranscodePath();
-        file = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(transcodePath, file));
-        var fileDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(file);
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileDir) || !fileDir.StartsWith(transcodePath, StringComparison.InvariantCulture)
-            || Path.GetExtension(file.AsSpan()).Equals(".m3u8", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        var file = ValidateTranscodePath(string.Concat(playlistId, Path.GetExtension(Request.Path.Value.AsSpan())));
+        if (file is null
+            || !Path.GetExtension(file.AsSpan()).Equals(".m3u8", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
             return BadRequest("Invalid segment.");
         }
@@ -140,18 +134,13 @@ public class HlsSegmentController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromRoute, Required] string segmentId,
         [FromRoute, Required] string segmentContainer)
     {
-        var file = string.Concat(segmentId, Path.GetExtension(Request.Path.Value.AsSpan()));
-        var transcodeFolderPath = _serverConfigurationManager.GetTranscodePath();
-
-        file = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(transcodeFolderPath, file));
-        var fileDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(file);
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileDir) || !fileDir.StartsWith(transcodeFolderPath, StringComparison.InvariantCulture))
+        var file = ValidateTranscodePath(string.Concat(segmentId, Path.GetExtension(Request.Path.Value.AsSpan())));
+        if (file is null)
         {
             return BadRequest("Invalid segment.");
         }
 
-        var normalizedPlaylistId = playlistId;
-
+        var transcodeFolderPath = _serverConfigurationManager.GetTranscodePath();
         var filePaths = _fileSystem.GetFilePaths(transcodeFolderPath);
         // Add . to start of segment container for future use.
         segmentContainer = segmentContainer.Insert(0, ".");
@@ -161,7 +150,7 @@ public class HlsSegmentController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             var pathExtension = Path.GetExtension(path);
             if ((string.Equals(pathExtension, segmentContainer, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                  || string.Equals(pathExtension, ".m3u8", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                && path.Contains(normalizedPlaylistId, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                && path.Contains(playlistId, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 playlistPath = path;
                 break;
@@ -173,6 +162,19 @@ public class HlsSegmentController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             : GetFileResult(file, playlistPath);
     }
 
+    private string? ValidateTranscodePath(string filename)
+    {
+        var transcodePath = Path.TrimEndingDirectorySeparator(Path.GetFullPath(_serverConfigurationManager.GetTranscodePath()));
+        var file = Path.GetFullPath(filename, transcodePath);
+        // Require a separator after the transcode path so a sibling like "<transcodePath>-evil" can't pass.
+        if (!file.StartsWith(transcodePath + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return file;
+    }
+
     private ActionResult GetFileResult(string path, string playlistPath)
     {
         var transcodingJob = _transcodeManager.OnTranscodeBeginRequest(playlistPath, TranscodingJobType.Hls);

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/ImageController.cs

@@ -125,7 +125,13 @@ public class ImageController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         {
             // Handle image/png; charset=utf-8
             var mimeType = Request.ContentType?.Split(';').FirstOrDefault();
-            var userDataPath = Path.Combine(_serverConfigurationManager.ApplicationPaths.UserConfigurationDirectoryPath, user.Username);
+            var userConfigurationDirectoryPath = _serverConfigurationManager.ApplicationPaths.UserConfigurationDirectoryPath;
+            var userDataPath = Path.Combine(userConfigurationDirectoryPath, user.Username);
+            if (!PathHelper.IsContainedIn(userConfigurationDirectoryPath, userDataPath))
+            {
+                return BadRequest("Invalid user.");
+            }
+
             if (user.ProfileImage is not null)
             {
                 await _userManager.ClearProfileImageAsync(user).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -2049,7 +2055,7 @@ public class ImageController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             }
 
             // Check If-Modified-Since header for time-based validation
-            if (DateTime.TryParse(Request.Headers[HeaderNames.IfModifiedSince], out var ifModifiedSinceHeader))
+            if (DateTime.TryParse(Request.Headers[HeaderNames.IfModifiedSince], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var ifModifiedSinceHeader))
             {
                 // Return 304 if the image has not been modified since the client's cached version
                 if (dateImageModified <= ifModifiedSinceHeader)

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/ItemUpdateController.cs

@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ public class ItemUpdateController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         return NoContent();
     }
 
-    private async Task UpdateItem(BaseItemDto request, BaseItem item)
+    internal async Task UpdateItem(BaseItemDto request, BaseItem item)
     {
         item.Name = request.Name;
         item.ForcedSortName = request.ForcedSortName;
@@ -250,7 +250,11 @@ public class ItemUpdateController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         item.IndexNumber = request.IndexNumber;
         item.ParentIndexNumber = request.ParentIndexNumber;
         item.Overview = request.Overview;
-        item.Genres = request.Genres.Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ToArray();
+
+        if (request.Genres is not null)
+        {
+            item.Genres = request.Genres.Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ToArray();
+        }
 
         if (item is Episode episode)
         {
@@ -279,6 +283,11 @@ public class ItemUpdateController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             item.DateCreated = NormalizeDateTime(request.DateCreated.Value);
         }
 
+        if (request.SeriesName is not null && item is IHasSeries hasSeries)
+        {
+            hasSeries.SeriesName = request.SeriesName;
+        }
+
         item.EndDate = request.EndDate.HasValue ? NormalizeDateTime(request.EndDate.Value) : null;
         item.PremiereDate = request.PremiereDate.HasValue ? NormalizeDateTime(request.PremiereDate.Value) : null;
         item.ProductionYear = request.ProductionYear;
@@ -288,15 +297,27 @@ public class ItemUpdateController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         item.CustomRating = request.CustomRating;
 
         var currentTags = item.Tags;
-        var newTags = request.Tags.Select(t => t.Trim()).Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ToArray();
-        var removedTags = currentTags.Except(newTags).ToList();
-        var addedTags = newTags.Except(currentTags).ToList();
-        item.Tags = newTags;
+        List<string> removedTags;
+        List<string> addedTags;
+        if (request.Tags is not null)
+        {
+            var newTags = request.Tags.Select(t => t.Trim()).Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ToArray();
+            removedTags = currentTags.Except(newTags).ToList();
+            addedTags = newTags.Except(currentTags).ToList();
+            item.Tags = newTags;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            removedTags = [];
+            addedTags = [];
+        }
 
         if (item is Series rseries)
         {
             foreach (var season in rseries.Children.OfType<Season>())
             {
+                season.SeriesName = rseries.Name;
+
                 if (!season.LockedFields.Contains(MetadataField.OfficialRating))
                 {
                     season.OfficialRating = request.OfficialRating;
@@ -314,6 +335,8 @@ public class ItemUpdateController : BaseJellyfinApiController
 
                 foreach (var ep in season.Children.OfType<Episode>())
                 {
+                    ep.SeriesName = rseries.Name;
+
                     if (!ep.LockedFields.Contains(MetadataField.OfficialRating))
                     {
                         ep.OfficialRating = request.OfficialRating;
@@ -403,15 +426,18 @@ public class ItemUpdateController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             item.RunTimeTicks = request.RunTimeTicks;
         }
 
-        foreach (var pair in request.ProviderIds.ToList())
+        if (request.ProviderIds is not null)
         {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(pair.Value))
+            foreach (var pair in request.ProviderIds.ToList())
             {
-                request.ProviderIds.Remove(pair.Key);
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(pair.Value))
+                {
+                    request.ProviderIds.Remove(pair.Key);
+                }
             }
-        }
 
-        item.ProviderIds = request.ProviderIds;
+            item.ProviderIds = request.ProviderIds;
+        }
 
         if (item is Video video)
         {

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/ItemsController.cs

@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ public class ItemsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         QueryResult<BaseItem> result;
 
         Guid[] linkedChildAncestorIds = [];
+
+        includeItemTypes ??= [];
         if (includeItemTypes.Length == 1
             && (includeItemTypes[0] == BaseItemKind.BoxSet || includeItemTypes[0] == BaseItemKind.Playlist)
             && item is not BoxSet
@@ -326,7 +328,6 @@ public class ItemsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             includeItemTypes = collectionType switch
             {
                 CollectionType.boxsets => [BaseItemKind.BoxSet],
-                null => [BaseItemKind.Movie, BaseItemKind.Series],
                 _ => []
             };
         }
@@ -962,9 +963,15 @@ public class ItemsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         var excludeItemIds = Array.Empty<Guid>();
         if (excludeActiveSessions)
         {
+            // NowPlayingItem.Id is the displayed/primary id, but resume queries surface the actually-played
+            // alternate version's own id. Expand each active session to every version id so an in-progress
+            // alternate is excluded too, instead of leaking back into the resume list.
             excludeItemIds = _sessionManager.Sessions
                 .Where(s => s.UserId.Equals(requestUserId) && s.NowPlayingItem is not null)
-                .Select(s => s.NowPlayingItem.Id)
+                .SelectMany(s => _libraryManager.GetItemById(s.NowPlayingItem.Id) is Video video
+                    ? video.GetAllVersions().Select(v => v.Id)
+                    : [s.NowPlayingItem.Id])
+                .Distinct()
                 .ToArray();
         }
 

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LiveTvController.cs

@@ -1002,9 +1002,7 @@ public class LiveTvController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     {
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(pw))
         {
-            // TODO: remove ToLower when Convert.ToHexString supports lowercase
-            // Schedules Direct requires the hex to be lowercase
-            listingsProviderInfo.Password = Convert.ToHexString(SHA1.HashData(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(pw))).ToLowerInvariant();
+            listingsProviderInfo.Password = Convert.ToHexStringLower(SHA1.HashData(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(pw)));
         }
 
         return await _listingsManager.SaveListingProvider(listingsProviderInfo, validateLogin, validateListings).ConfigureAwait(false);

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/PluginsController.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Jellyfin.Api.Attributes;
+using Jellyfin.Extensions;
 using Jellyfin.Extensions.Json;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Api;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Plugins;
@@ -226,10 +227,13 @@ public class PluginsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             return NotFound();
         }
 
-        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(plugin.Manifest.ImagePath))
+        string? imagePath = plugin.Manifest.ImagePath;
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(imagePath))
         {
-            var imagePath = Path.Combine(plugin.Path, plugin.Manifest.ImagePath);
-            if (!System.IO.File.Exists(imagePath))
+            var pluginPath = Path.TrimEndingDirectorySeparator(Path.GetFullPath(plugin.Path));
+            imagePath = Path.GetFullPath(imagePath, pluginPath);
+            // Require a separator after the plugin path so a sibling like "<pluginPath>-evil" can't pass.
+            if (imagePath.StartsWith(pluginPath + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) is false || System.IO.File.Exists(imagePath) is false)
             {
                 return NotFound();
             }

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/StartupController.cs

@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ public class StartupController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             return NotFound();
         }
 
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(user.Password))
+        {
+            return Forbid();
+        }
+
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(startupUserDto.Password))
         {
             return BadRequest("Password must not be empty");

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/TvShowsController.cs

@@ -277,8 +277,15 @@ public class TvShowsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
 
         if (startItemId.HasValue)
         {
+            // The start item may be an alternate version, which is not part of the episode listing; start from its primary episode instead.
+            var startId = startItemId.Value;
+            if (_libraryManager.GetItemById<Video>(startId)?.PrimaryVersionId is { } primaryVersionId)
+            {
+                startId = primaryVersionId;
+            }
+
             episodes = episodes
-                .SkipWhile(i => !startItemId.Value.Equals(i.Id))
+                .SkipWhile(i => !startId.Equals(i.Id))
                 .ToList();
         }
 

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/UserLibraryController.cs

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public class UserLibraryController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     private readonly IDtoService _dtoService;
     private readonly IUserViewManager _userViewManager;
     private readonly IFileSystem _fileSystem;
+    private readonly IProviderManager _providerManager;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="UserLibraryController"/> class.
@@ -50,13 +51,15 @@ public class UserLibraryController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     /// <param name="dtoService">Instance of the <see cref="IDtoService"/> interface.</param>
     /// <param name="userViewManager">Instance of the <see cref="IUserViewManager"/> interface.</param>
     /// <param name="fileSystem">Instance of the <see cref="IFileSystem"/> interface.</param>
+    /// <param name="providerManager">Instance of the <see cref="IProviderManager"/> interface.</param>
     public UserLibraryController(
         IUserManager userManager,
         IUserDataManager userDataRepository,
         ILibraryManager libraryManager,
         IDtoService dtoService,
         IUserViewManager userViewManager,
-        IFileSystem fileSystem)
+        IFileSystem fileSystem,
+        IProviderManager providerManager)
     {
         _userManager = userManager;
         _userDataRepository = userDataRepository;
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ public class UserLibraryController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         _dtoService = dtoService;
         _userViewManager = userViewManager;
         _fileSystem = fileSystem;
+        _providerManager = providerManager;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ public class UserLibraryController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     /// <returns>An <see cref="OkResult"/> containing the item.</returns>
     [HttpGet("Items/{itemId}")]
     [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
-    public async Task<ActionResult<BaseItemDto>> GetItem(
+    public ActionResult<BaseItemDto> GetItem(
         [FromQuery] Guid? userId,
         [FromRoute, Required] Guid itemId)
     {
@@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ public class UserLibraryController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             return NotFound();
         }
 
-        await RefreshItemOnDemandIfNeeded(item).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        QueueRefreshOnDemandIfNeeded(item);
 
         var dtoOptions = new DtoOptions();
 
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ public class UserLibraryController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
     [Obsolete("Kept for backwards compatibility")]
     [ApiExplorerSettings(IgnoreApi = true)]
-    public Task<ActionResult<BaseItemDto>> GetItemLegacy(
+    public ActionResult<BaseItemDto> GetItemLegacy(
         [FromRoute, Required] Guid userId,
         [FromRoute, Required] Guid itemId)
         => GetItem(userId, itemId);
@@ -551,8 +555,6 @@ public class UserLibraryController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         var dtoOptions = new DtoOptions { Fields = fields }
             .AddAdditionalDtoOptions(enableImages, enableUserData, imageTypeLimit, enableImageTypes);
 
-        dtoOptions.PreferEpisodeParentPoster = true;
-
         var list = _userViewManager.GetLatestItems(
             new LatestItemsQuery
             {
@@ -641,25 +643,28 @@ public class UserLibraryController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             limit,
             groupItems);
 
-    private async Task RefreshItemOnDemandIfNeeded(BaseItem item)
+    private void QueueRefreshOnDemandIfNeeded(BaseItem item)
     {
-        if (item is Person)
+        if (item is not Person)
         {
-            var hasMetadata = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(item.Overview) && item.HasImage(ImageType.Primary);
-            var performFullRefresh = !hasMetadata && (DateTime.UtcNow - item.DateLastRefreshed).TotalDays >= 3;
-
-            if (performFullRefresh)
-            {
-                var options = new MetadataRefreshOptions(new DirectoryService(_fileSystem))
-                {
-                    MetadataRefreshMode = MetadataRefreshMode.FullRefresh,
-                    ImageRefreshMode = MetadataRefreshMode.FullRefresh,
-                    ForceSave = true
-                };
-
-                await item.RefreshMetadata(options, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
+            return;
         }
+
+        var hasMetadata = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(item.Overview) && item.HasImage(ImageType.Primary);
+        if (hasMetadata || (DateTime.UtcNow - item.DateLastRefreshed).TotalDays < 3)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        _providerManager.QueueRefresh(
+            item.Id,
+            new MetadataRefreshOptions(new DirectoryService(_fileSystem))
+            {
+                MetadataRefreshMode = MetadataRefreshMode.FullRefresh,
+                ImageRefreshMode = MetadataRefreshMode.FullRefresh,
+                ForceSave = true
+            },
+            RefreshPriority.High);
     }
 
     /// <summary>

Jellyfin.Api/Extensions/DtoExtensions.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 
@@ -9,6 +10,37 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Extensions;
 /// </summary>
 public static class DtoExtensions
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the BaseItemKind values associated with the specified CollectionType.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="collectionType">The collection type to map to BaseItemKind values.</param>
+    /// <returns>An array of BaseItemKind values that correspond to the collection type.</returns>
+    public static BaseItemKind[] GetBaseItemKindsForCollectionType(CollectionType? collectionType)
+    {
+        switch (collectionType)
+        {
+            case CollectionType.movies:
+                return [BaseItemKind.Movie];
+            case CollectionType.tvshows:
+                return [BaseItemKind.Series];
+            case CollectionType.music:
+                return [BaseItemKind.MusicAlbum];
+            case CollectionType.musicvideos:
+                return [BaseItemKind.MusicVideo];
+            case CollectionType.books:
+                return [BaseItemKind.Book, BaseItemKind.AudioBook];
+            case CollectionType.boxsets:
+                return [BaseItemKind.BoxSet];
+            case CollectionType.homevideos:
+            case CollectionType.photos:
+                return [BaseItemKind.Video, BaseItemKind.Photo];
+            case CollectionType.folders:
+                return [];
+            default:
+                return [BaseItemKind.Video, BaseItemKind.Audio, BaseItemKind.Photo, BaseItemKind.Movie, BaseItemKind.Series];
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Add additional DtoOptions.
     /// </summary>

Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/RequestHelpers.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ using System.Security.Claims;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Jellyfin.Api.Constants;
 using Jellyfin.Api.Extensions;
-using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
 using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
 using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
 using Jellyfin.Extensions;
@@ -31,15 +30,16 @@ public static class RequestHelpers
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="sortBy">Sort By. Comma delimited string.</param>
     /// <param name="requestedSortOrder">Sort Order. Comma delimited string.</param>
+    /// <typeparam name="TSortBy">The type of the sort by field.</typeparam>
     /// <returns>Order By.</returns>
-    public static (ItemSortBy, SortOrder)[] GetOrderBy(IReadOnlyList<ItemSortBy> sortBy, IReadOnlyList<SortOrder> requestedSortOrder)
+    public static (TSortBy, SortOrder)[] GetOrderBy<TSortBy>(IReadOnlyList<TSortBy> sortBy, IReadOnlyList<SortOrder> requestedSortOrder)
     {
         if (sortBy.Count == 0)
         {
-            return Array.Empty<(ItemSortBy, SortOrder)>();
+            return Array.Empty<(TSortBy, SortOrder)>();
         }
 
-        var result = new (ItemSortBy, SortOrder)[sortBy.Count];
+        var result = new (TSortBy, SortOrder)[sortBy.Count];
         var i = 0;
         // Add elements which have a SortOrder specified
         for (; i < requestedSortOrder.Count; i++)

Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/StreamingHelpers.cs

@@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ public static class StreamingHelpers
             mediaSource = liveStreamInfo.Item1;
             state.DirectStreamProvider = liveStreamInfo.Item2;
 
+            // The requested live stream is no longer open. This commonly happens when a client keeps
+            // polling the HLS playlist (e.g. live.m3u8) after the stream was disposed because its
+            // consumer count dropped to zero. GetLiveStreamWithDirectStreamProvider returns a null
+            // MediaSource in that case, so return 404 instead of dereferencing it below.
+            if (mediaSource is null)
+            {
+                throw new ResourceNotFoundException($"The live stream with id {streamingRequest.LiveStreamId} could not be found or is no longer available.");
+            }
+
             // Cap the max bitrate when it is too high. This is usually due to ffmpeg is unable to probe the source liveTV streams' bitrate.
             if (mediaSource.FallbackMaxStreamingBitrate is not null && streamingRequest.VideoBitRate is not null)
             {

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Activity/ActivityManager.cs

@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ public class ActivityManager : IActivityManager
         var dbContext = await _provider.CreateDbContextAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
         await using (dbContext.ConfigureAwait(false))
         {
-            // TODO switch to LeftJoin in .NET 10.
-            var entries = from a in dbContext.ActivityLogs
-                          join u in dbContext.Users on a.UserId equals u.Id into ugj
-                          from u in ugj.DefaultIfEmpty()
-                          select new ExpandedActivityLog { ActivityLog = a, Username = u.Username };
+            var entries = dbContext.ActivityLogs.LeftJoin(
+                dbContext.Users,
+                a => a.UserId,
+                u => u.Id,
+                (a, u) => new ExpandedActivityLog { ActivityLog = a, Username = u == null ? null : u.Username });
 
             if (query.HasUserId is not null)
             {

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Devices/DeviceManager.cs

@@ -213,8 +213,10 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.Devices
             var dbContext = await _dbProvider.CreateDbContextAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
             await using (dbContext.ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
-                dbContext.Devices.Remove(device);
-                await dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await dbContext.Devices
+                    .Where(d => d.Id == device.Id)
+                    .ExecuteDeleteAsync()
+                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
         }
 

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Extensions/ExpressionExtensions.cs

@@ -39,6 +39,19 @@ public static class ExpressionExtensions
         return predicates.Aggregate((aggregatePredicate, nextPredicate) => aggregatePredicate.Or(nextPredicate));
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Negates a predicate.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The predicate parameter type.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="predicate">The predicate expression to negate.</param>
+    /// <returns>A new expression representing the negation of the input predicate.</returns>
+    public static Expression<Func<T, bool>> Not<T>(this Expression<Func<T, bool>> predicate)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(predicate);
+
+        return Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>(Expression.Not(predicate.Body), predicate.Parameters);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Combines two predicates into a single predicate using a logical AND operation.
     /// </summary>

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/FullSystemBackup/BackupService.cs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations;
 using Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.StorageHelpers;
 using Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.SystemBackupService;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.SystemBackupService;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
     private readonly IServerApplicationPaths _applicationPaths;
     private readonly IJellyfinDatabaseProvider _jellyfinDatabaseProvider;
     private readonly IHostApplicationLifetime _hostApplicationLifetime;
+    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
     private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions _serializerSettings = new JsonSerializerOptions(JsonSerializerDefaults.General)
     {
         AllowTrailingCommas = true,
@@ -50,13 +52,15 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
     /// <param name="applicationPaths">The application paths.</param>
     /// <param name="jellyfinDatabaseProvider">The Jellyfin database Provider in use.</param>
     /// <param name="applicationLifetime">The SystemManager.</param>
+    /// <param name="libraryManager">Instance of the <see cref="ILibraryManager"/> interface.</param>
     public BackupService(
         ILogger<BackupService> logger,
         IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> dbProvider,
         IServerApplicationHost applicationHost,
         IServerApplicationPaths applicationPaths,
         IJellyfinDatabaseProvider jellyfinDatabaseProvider,
-        IHostApplicationLifetime applicationLifetime)
+        IHostApplicationLifetime applicationLifetime,
+        ILibraryManager libraryManager)
     {
         _logger = logger;
         _dbProvider = dbProvider;
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
         _applicationPaths = applicationPaths;
         _jellyfinDatabaseProvider = jellyfinDatabaseProvider;
         _hostApplicationLifetime = applicationLifetime;
+        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -263,6 +268,14 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public async Task<BackupManifestDto> CreateBackupAsync(BackupOptionsDto backupOptions)
     {
+        // Creating a backup runs a database optimization and reads the entire database under a transaction, both of
+        // which heavily contend with an active library scan and could capture an inconsistent database state.
+        if (_libraryManager.IsScanRunning)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning("Cannot create a backup while a library scan is running.");
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Cannot create a backup while a library scan is running. Please try again once the scan has finished.");
+        }
+
         var manifest = new BackupManifest()
         {
             DateCreated = DateTime.UtcNow,
@@ -346,18 +359,39 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
                                     jsonSerializer.WriteStartArray();
 
                                     var set = entityType.ValueFactory().ConfigureAwait(false);
-                                    await foreach (var item in set.ConfigureAwait(false))
+                                    var enumerator = set.GetAsyncEnumerator();
+                                    await using (enumerator)
                                     {
-                                        entities++;
-                                        try
+                                        while (true)
                                         {
-                                            using var document = JsonSerializer.SerializeToDocument(item, _serializerSettings);
-                                            document.WriteTo(jsonSerializer);
-                                        }
-                                        catch (Exception ex)
-                                        {
-                                            _logger.LogError(ex, "Could not load entity {Entity}", item);
-                                            throw;
+                                            bool hasNext;
+                                            try
+                                            {
+                                                hasNext = await enumerator.MoveNextAsync();
+                                            }
+                                            catch (Exception ex)
+                                            {
+                                                _logger.LogError(ex, "Could not read next entity of type {Table}, the underlying data appears to be corrupt. Skipping this row and continuing backup; the affected database row should be inspected and fixed manually", entityType.SourceName);
+                                                continue;
+                                            }
+
+                                            if (!hasNext)
+                                            {
+                                                break;
+                                            }
+
+                                            var item = enumerator.Current;
+                                            entities++;
+                                            try
+                                            {
+                                                using var document = JsonSerializer.SerializeToDocument(item, _serializerSettings);
+                                                document.WriteTo(jsonSerializer);
+                                            }
+                                            catch (Exception ex)
+                                            {
+                                                _logger.LogError(ex, "Could not load entity {Entity}", item);
+                                                throw;
+                                            }
                                         }
                                     }
 

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/BaseItemMapper.cs

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public static class BaseItemMapper
         if (dto is Folder folder)
         {
             folder.DateLastMediaAdded = entity.DateLastMediaAdded ?? DateTime.SpecifyKind(DateTime.MinValue, DateTimeKind.Utc);
-            if (entity.LinkedChildEntities is not null && entity.LinkedChildEntities.Count > 0)
+            if (entity.LinkedChildEntities is not null)
             {
                 folder.LinkedChildren = entity.LinkedChildEntities
                     .OrderBy(e => e.SortOrder)

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/BaseItemRepository.ByName.cs

@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
+using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations;
 using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Dto;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Querying;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using BaseItemDto = MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.BaseItem;
@@ -81,6 +83,40 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
             _itemTypeLookup.MusicGenreTypes);
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public IReadOnlyList<string> GetMediaStreamLanguages(InternalItemsQuery filter, MediaStreamType mediaStreamType)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(filter);
+
+        using var context = _dbProvider.CreateDbContext();
+
+        return TranslateQuery(
+            context.BaseItems.Include(e => e.MediaStreams).Where(e => e.Id != EF.Constant(PlaceholderId)),
+            context,
+            new InternalItemsQuery(filter.User)
+            {
+                IncludeOwnedItems = filter.IncludeOwnedItems,
+                ExcludeItemTypes = filter.ExcludeItemTypes,
+                IncludeItemTypes = filter.IncludeItemTypes,
+                MediaTypes = filter.MediaTypes,
+                AncestorIds = filter.AncestorIds,
+                ItemIds = filter.ItemIds,
+                TopParentIds = filter.TopParentIds,
+                ParentId = filter.ParentId,
+                IsAiring = filter.IsAiring,
+                IsMovie = filter.IsMovie,
+                IsSports = filter.IsSports,
+                IsKids = filter.IsKids,
+                IsNews = filter.IsNews,
+                IsSeries = filter.IsSeries
+            })
+            .SelectMany(e => e.MediaStreams!)
+            .Where(e => e.StreamType == (MediaStreamTypeEntity)mediaStreamType)
+            .Select(s => string.IsNullOrEmpty(s.Language) ? "und" : s.Language) // und = undetermined
+            .Distinct()
+            .ToArray();
+    }
+
     private string[] GetItemValueNames(IReadOnlyList<ItemValueType> itemValueTypes, IReadOnlyList<string> withItemTypes, IReadOnlyList<string> excludeItemTypes)
     {
         using var context = _dbProvider.CreateDbContext();
@@ -132,21 +168,16 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
             IsSeries = filter.IsSeries
         });
 
-        // Keep this as an IQueryable sub-select. Materializing to a list would inline one
-        // bound parameter per CleanValue and hit SQLite's variable cap on libraries with
-        // high-cardinality value types (e.g. tens of thousands of artists).
-        var matchingCleanValues = context.ItemValuesMap
-            .Where(ivm => itemValueTypes.Contains(ivm.ItemValue.Type))
-            .Join(
-                innerQueryFilter,
-                ivm => ivm.ItemId,
-                g => g.Id,
-                (ivm, g) => ivm.ItemValue.CleanValue)
-            .Distinct();
-
         var innerQuery = PrepareItemQuery(context, filter)
             .Where(e => e.Type == returnType)
-            .Where(e => matchingCleanValues.Contains(e.CleanName!));
+            .Where(e => context.ItemValuesMap
+                .Where(ivm => itemValueTypes.Contains(ivm.ItemValue.Type) && ivm.ItemValue.CleanValue == e.CleanName)
+                .Join(
+                    innerQueryFilter,
+                    ivm => ivm.ItemId,
+                    g => g.Id,
+                    (ivm, g) => ivm.ItemId)
+                .Any());
 
         var outerQueryFilter = new InternalItemsQuery(filter.User)
         {
@@ -169,32 +200,42 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
             ExcludeItemIds = filter.ExcludeItemIds
         };
 
-        // Collapse rows that share a PresentationUniqueKey (e.g. alternate versions) by picking
-        // the lowest Id per group. For MusicArtist, prefer the entity from a library the user
-        // can actually access,since the same artist can have a folder in multiple libraries.
-        // Keep as an IQueryable sub-select so paging is applied AFTER
-        // ApplyOrder runs the caller's actual sort.
+        // Collapse rows that share a PresentationUniqueKey (e.g. alternate versions) into one
+        // representative id per group, then materialize the representative ids once.
         var masterQuery = TranslateQuery(innerQuery, context, outerQueryFilter);
         var isMusicArtist = returnType == _itemTypeLookup.BaseItemKindNames[BaseItemKind.MusicArtist];
-        var representativeIds = isMusicArtist
-            ? masterQuery
+        List<Guid> representativeIds;
+        if (isMusicArtist)
+        {
+            // For MusicArtist, prefer the entity from a library the user can actually access.
+            // Materialize to prevent correlated per-group first-row queries which hurt performance.
+            var topParentIds = filter.TopParentIds;
+            representativeIds = masterQuery
+                .Select(e => new { e.Id, e.PresentationUniqueKey, e.TopParentId })
+                .AsEnumerable()
                 .GroupBy(e => e.PresentationUniqueKey)
                 .Select(g => g
-                    .OrderBy(e => filter.TopParentIds.Contains(e.TopParentId ?? Guid.Empty) ? 0 : 1)
+                    .OrderBy(e => topParentIds.Contains(e.TopParentId ?? Guid.Empty) ? 0 : 1)
                     .ThenBy(e => e.Id)
                     .First().Id)
-            : masterQuery
+                .ToList();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            representativeIds = masterQuery
                 .GroupBy(e => e.PresentationUniqueKey)
-                .Select(g => g.Min(e => e.Id));
+                .Select(g => g.Min(e => e.Id))
+                .ToList();
+        }
 
         var result = new QueryResult<(BaseItemDto, ItemCounts?)>();
         if (filter.EnableTotalRecordCount)
         {
-            result.TotalRecordCount = representativeIds.Count();
+            result.TotalRecordCount = representativeIds.Count;
         }
 
         var query = ApplyNavigations(
-                context.BaseItems.AsNoTracking().AsSingleQuery().Where(e => representativeIds.Contains(e.Id)),
+                context.BaseItems.AsNoTracking().AsSingleQuery().WhereOneOrMany(representativeIds, e => e.Id),
                 filter);
 
         query = ApplyOrder(query, filter, context);
@@ -275,8 +316,8 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
         var itemIds = itemCountQuery.Select(e => e.Id);
 
         // Rewrite query to avoid SelectMany on navigation properties (which requires SQL APPLY, not supported on SQLite)
-        // Instead, start from ItemValueMaps and join with BaseItems
-        return context.ItemValuesMap
+        // Instead, start from ItemValueMaps and join with BaseItems.
+        var rawCounts = context.ItemValuesMap
             .Where(ivm => itemValueTypes.Contains(ivm.ItemValue.Type))
             .Where(ivm => itemIds.Contains(ivm.ItemId))
             .Join(
@@ -286,18 +327,47 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
                 (ivm, e) => new { CleanName = ivm.ItemValue.CleanValue, e.Type })
             .GroupBy(x => new { x.CleanName, x.Type })
             .Select(g => new { g.Key.CleanName, g.Key.Type, Count = g.Count() })
-            .GroupBy(x => x.CleanName)
-            .ToDictionary(
-                g => g.Key,
-                g => new ItemCounts
+            .AsEnumerable();
+
+        var countsByCleanName = new Dictionary<string, ItemCounts>();
+        foreach (var group in rawCounts.GroupBy(x => x.CleanName))
+        {
+            var counts = new ItemCounts();
+            foreach (var row in group)
+            {
+                if (row.Type == seriesTypeName)
                 {
-                    SeriesCount = g.Where(x => x.Type == seriesTypeName).Sum(x => x.Count),
-                    EpisodeCount = g.Where(x => x.Type == episodeTypeName).Sum(x => x.Count),
-                    MovieCount = g.Where(x => x.Type == movieTypeName).Sum(x => x.Count),
-                    AlbumCount = g.Where(x => x.Type == musicAlbumTypeName).Sum(x => x.Count),
-                    ArtistCount = g.Where(x => x.Type == musicArtistTypeName).Sum(x => x.Count),
-                    SongCount = g.Where(x => x.Type == audioTypeName).Sum(x => x.Count),
-                    TrailerCount = g.Where(x => x.Type == trailerTypeName).Sum(x => x.Count),
-                });
+                    counts.SeriesCount += row.Count;
+                }
+                else if (row.Type == episodeTypeName)
+                {
+                    counts.EpisodeCount += row.Count;
+                }
+                else if (row.Type == movieTypeName)
+                {
+                    counts.MovieCount += row.Count;
+                }
+                else if (row.Type == musicAlbumTypeName)
+                {
+                    counts.AlbumCount += row.Count;
+                }
+                else if (row.Type == musicArtistTypeName)
+                {
+                    counts.ArtistCount += row.Count;
+                }
+                else if (row.Type == audioTypeName)
+                {
+                    counts.SongCount += row.Count;
+                }
+                else if (row.Type == trailerTypeName)
+                {
+                    counts.TrailerCount += row.Count;
+                }
+            }
+
+            countsByCleanName[group.Key] = counts;
+        }
+
+        return countsByCleanName;
     }
 }

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/BaseItemRepository.QueryBuilding.cs

@@ -62,18 +62,21 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
 
     private IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> ApplyGroupingFilter(JellyfinDbContext context, IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> dbQuery, InternalItemsQuery filter)
     {
-        // Collapse duplicates sharing a presentation key (e.g. alternate versions) by picking
-        // the min Id per group. Keep the grouped ids as an IQueryable sub-select; materializing
+        // Collapse duplicates sharing a presentation key (e.g. alternate versions), preferring the
+        // primary version (PrimaryVersionId is null) so detail pages and actions target it instead
+        // of an arbitrary alternate. Keep the grouped ids as an IQueryable sub-select; materializing
         // to a List would inline one bound parameter per id and hit SQLite's variable cap.
         var enableGroupByPresentationUniqueKey = EnableGroupByPresentationUniqueKey(filter);
         if (enableGroupByPresentationUniqueKey && filter.GroupBySeriesPresentationUniqueKey)
         {
-            var groupedIds = dbQuery.GroupBy(e => new { e.PresentationUniqueKey, e.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey }).Select(e => e.Min(x => x.Id));
+            var groupedIds = dbQuery.GroupBy(e => new { e.PresentationUniqueKey, e.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey })
+                .Select(g => g.Where(e => e.PrimaryVersionId == null).Min(e => (Guid?)e.Id) ?? g.Min(e => (Guid?)e.Id));
             dbQuery = context.BaseItems.AsNoTracking().Where(e => groupedIds.Contains(e.Id));
         }
         else if (enableGroupByPresentationUniqueKey)
         {
-            var groupedIds = dbQuery.GroupBy(e => e.PresentationUniqueKey).Select(e => e.Min(x => x.Id));
+            var groupedIds = dbQuery.GroupBy(e => e.PresentationUniqueKey)
+                .Select(g => g.Where(e => e.PrimaryVersionId == null).Min(e => (Guid?)e.Id) ?? g.Min(e => (Guid?)e.Id));
             dbQuery = context.BaseItems.AsNoTracking().Where(e => groupedIds.Contains(e.Id));
         }
         else if (filter.GroupBySeriesPresentationUniqueKey)
@@ -445,6 +448,7 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
         if (filter.IncludeInheritedTags.Length > 0)
         {
             var includeTags = filter.IncludeInheritedTags.Select(e => e.GetCleanValue()).ToArray();
+            var personTypeName = _itemTypeLookup.BaseItemKindNames[BaseItemKind.Person];
             var allowedTagItemIds = context.ItemValuesMap
                 .Where(f => f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Tags && includeTags.Contains(f.ItemValue.CleanValue))
                 .Select(f => f.ItemId);
@@ -453,7 +457,10 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
                 allowedTagItemIds.Contains(e.Id)
                 || (e.SeriesId.HasValue && allowedTagItemIds.Contains(e.SeriesId.Value))
                 || e.Parents!.Any(p => allowedTagItemIds.Contains(p.ParentItemId))
-                || (e.TopParentId.HasValue && allowedTagItemIds.Contains(e.TopParentId.Value)));
+                || (e.TopParentId.HasValue && allowedTagItemIds.Contains(e.TopParentId.Value))
+
+                // People don't carry the tags of the media they appear in and would never match
+                || e.Type == personTypeName);
         }
 
         // Exclude alternate versions (have PrimaryVersionId set) and owned non-extra items.
@@ -497,62 +504,31 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public IQueryable<Guid> GetFullyPlayedFolderIdsQuery(JellyfinDbContext context, IQueryable<Guid> folderIds, User user)
+    public IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> GetAccessFilteredLeafItemsQuery(JellyfinDbContext context, User user, bool includeOwnedItems = false)
     {
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(context);
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(folderIds);
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(user);
 
-        var filter = new InternalItemsQuery(user);
-        var userId = user.Id;
-
         var leafItems = context.BaseItems
             .AsNoTracking()
             .Where(DescendantQueryHelper.IsCountableLeaf);
-        leafItems = ApplyAccessFiltering(context, leafItems, filter);
 
-        var playedLeafItems = leafItems
-            .Select(b => new { b.Id, Played = b.UserData!.Any(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.Played) });
+        return ApplyAccessFiltering(context, leafItems, new InternalItemsQuery(user) { IncludeOwnedItems = includeOwnedItems });
+    }
 
-        var ancestorLeaves = context.AncestorIds
-            .Where(a => folderIds.Contains(a.ParentItemId))
-            .Join(
-                playedLeafItems,
-                a => a.ItemId,
-                b => b.Id,
-                (a, b) => new { FolderId = a.ParentItemId, b.Id, b.Played });
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public Expression<Func<BaseItemEntity, bool>> BuildHasDescendantFilter(JellyfinDbContext context, IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> descendants)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(context);
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(descendants);
 
-        var linkedLeaves = context.LinkedChildren
-            .Where(lc => folderIds.Contains(lc.ParentId))
-            .Join(
-                playedLeafItems,
-                lc => lc.ChildId,
-                b => b.Id,
-                (lc, b) => new { FolderId = lc.ParentId, b.Id, b.Played });
-
-        var linkedFolderLeaves = context.LinkedChildren
-            .Where(lc => folderIds.Contains(lc.ParentId))
-            .Join(
-                context.BaseItems.Where(b => b.IsFolder),
-                lc => lc.ChildId,
-                b => b.Id,
-                (lc, b) => new { lc.ParentId, FolderChildId = b.Id })
-            .Join(
-                context.AncestorIds,
-                x => x.FolderChildId,
-                a => a.ParentItemId,
-                (x, a) => new { x.ParentId, DescendantId = a.ItemId })
-            .Join(
-                playedLeafItems,
-                x => x.DescendantId,
-                b => b.Id,
-                (x, b) => new { FolderId = x.ParentId, b.Id, b.Played });
-
-        return ancestorLeaves
-            .Union(linkedLeaves)
-            .Union(linkedFolderLeaves)
-            .GroupBy(x => x.FolderId)
-            .Where(g => g.Select(x => x.Id).Distinct().Count() == g.Where(x => x.Played).Select(x => x.Id).Distinct().Count())
-            .Select(g => g.Key);
+        // Descendants are reachable through the ancestor chain and - for BoxSets and Playlists - as
+        // linked children, which can themselves be folders contributing their own descendants.
+        // Every step is a correlated index seek, so only the rows the outer query keeps are visited
+        // and a folder is left as soon as its first matching descendant is found.
+        return e => context.AncestorIds.Any(a => a.ParentItemId == e.Id && descendants.Any(d => d.Id == a.ItemId))
+            || context.LinkedChildren.Any(lc => lc.ParentId == e.Id
+                && (descendants.Any(d => d.Id == lc.ChildId)
+                    || context.AncestorIds.Any(a => a.ParentItemId == lc.ChildId && descendants.Any(d => d.Id == a.ItemId))));
     }
 }

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/BaseItemRepository.Querying.cs

@@ -126,38 +126,54 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
 
         if (collectionType is CollectionType.movies)
         {
-            // Group by PresentationUniqueKey, pick the newest item per group.
-            var topGroupItems = baseQuery
+            // Pick, per PresentationUniqueKey, the newest item; return the newest `limit` of those.
+            // Build up until limit by streaming through results and deduplicating on the fly.
+            var orderedIds = baseQuery
                 .Where(e => e.PresentationUniqueKey != null)
-                .GroupBy(e => e.PresentationUniqueKey)
-                .Select(g => new
-                {
-                    MaxDate = g.Max(e => e.DateCreated),
-                    FirstId = g.OrderByDescending(e => e.DateCreated).ThenByDescending(e => e.Id).Select(e => e.Id).First()
-                })
-                .OrderByDescending(g => g.MaxDate);
+                .OrderByDescending(e => e.DateCreated)
+                .ThenByDescending(e => e.Id)
+                .Select(e => new { e.Id, e.PresentationUniqueKey });
 
-            var firstIdsQuery = filter.Limit.HasValue
-                ? topGroupItems.Take(filter.Limit.Value).Select(g => g.FirstId)
-                : topGroupItems.Select(g => g.FirstId);
+            // DistinctBy and Take are lazy, so enumeration stops as soon as limit distinct keys are read.
+            var firstIds = orderedIds
+                .AsEnumerable()
+                .DistinctBy(row => row.PresentationUniqueKey)
+                .Select(row => row.Id)
+                .Take(limit ?? int.MaxValue)
+                .ToList();
 
-            return LoadLatestByIds(context, firstIdsQuery, filter);
+            return LoadLatestByIds(context, firstIds, filter);
         }
 
-        // Albums whose Id is the parent of any track matching the user's filter.
-        var albumIdsWithMatchingTrack = context.AncestorIds
-            .Join(baseQuery, ai => ai.ItemId, t => t.Id, (ai, _) => ai.ParentItemId);
-
         var musicAlbumTypeName = _itemTypeLookup.BaseItemKindNames[BaseItemKind.MusicAlbum]!;
-        var topAlbumsQuery = context.BaseItems.AsNoTracking()
-            .Where(album => album.Type == musicAlbumTypeName)
-            .Where(album => albumIdsWithMatchingTrack.Contains(album.Id))
+        IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> topAlbumsQuery;
+
+        // When the query is scoped to whole libraries, read the newest albums directly by their own TopParentId.
+        if (filter.TopParentIds.Length > 0)
+        {
+            topAlbumsQuery = context.BaseItems.AsNoTracking()
+                .Where(album => album.Type == musicAlbumTypeName
+                    && !album.IsVirtualItem
+                    && album.TopParentId.HasValue)
+                .WhereOneOrMany(filter.TopParentIds, album => album.TopParentId!.Value);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // Fallback (e.g. AncestorIds-scoped callers): albums that are the parent of a matching track.
+            var albumIdsWithMatchingTrack = context.AncestorIds
+                .Join(baseQuery, ai => ai.ItemId, t => t.Id, (ai, _) => ai.ParentItemId);
+            topAlbumsQuery = context.BaseItems.AsNoTracking()
+                .Where(album => album.Type == musicAlbumTypeName)
+                .Where(album => albumIdsWithMatchingTrack.Contains(album.Id));
+        }
+
+        var orderedAlbums = topAlbumsQuery
             .OrderByDescending(album => album.DateCreated)
             .ThenByDescending(album => album.Id);
 
-        var albumIdsQuery = filter.Limit.HasValue
-            ? topAlbumsQuery.Take(filter.Limit.Value).Select(a => a.Id)
-            : topAlbumsQuery.Select(a => a.Id);
+        var albumIdsQuery = limit.HasValue
+            ? orderedAlbums.Take(limit.Value).Select(a => a.Id)
+            : orderedAlbums.Select(a => a.Id);
 
         return LoadLatestByIds(context, albumIdsQuery, filter);
     }
@@ -181,6 +197,29 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
             .ToArray()!;
     }
 
+    private IReadOnlyList<BaseItemDto> LoadLatestByIds(
+        JellyfinDbContext context,
+        List<Guid> ids,
+        InternalItemsQuery filter)
+    {
+        if (ids.Count == 0)
+        {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        var itemsQuery = ApplyNavigations(
+            context.BaseItems.AsNoTracking().WhereOneOrMany(ids, e => e.Id),
+            filter);
+
+        return itemsQuery
+            .OrderByDescending(e => e.DateCreated)
+            .ThenByDescending(e => e.Id)
+            .AsEnumerable()
+            .Select(w => DeserializeBaseItem(w, filter.SkipDeserialization))
+            .Where(dto => dto != null)
+            .ToArray()!;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the latest TV show items with smart Season/Series container selection.
     /// </summary>

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/BaseItemRepository.TranslateQuery.cs

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
     private static readonly string TmdbProviderName = MetadataProvider.Tmdb.ToString().ToLowerInvariant();
     private static readonly string TvdbProviderName = MetadataProvider.Tvdb.ToString().ToLowerInvariant();
 
+    // A fresh expression per access: EF rejects a query tree that reuses one lambda parameter
+    // instance across several lambdas, and this filter is combined into a tree more than once.
+    private static Expression<Func<BaseItemEntity, bool>> IsFolderFilter => e => e.IsFolder;
+
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> TranslateQuery(
         IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> baseQuery,
@@ -434,127 +438,113 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
 
         if (filter.IsLiked.HasValue)
         {
-            var isLiked = filter.IsLiked.Value;
-            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.UserData!.Any(ud => ud.UserId == filter.User!.Id && ud.Rating >= UserItemData.MinLikeValue) == isLiked);
+            var likedIds = context.UserData
+                .Where(ud => ud.UserId == filter.User!.Id && ud.Rating >= UserItemData.MinLikeValue)
+                .Select(ud => ud.ItemId);
+
+            baseQuery = filter.IsLiked.Value
+                ? baseQuery.Where(e => likedIds.Contains(e.Id))
+                : baseQuery.Where(e => !likedIds.Contains(e.Id));
         }
 
-        if (filter.IsFavoriteOrLiked.HasValue)
+        if (filter.IsFavoriteOrLiked.HasValue || filter.IsFavorite.HasValue)
         {
-            var isFavoriteOrLiked = filter.IsFavoriteOrLiked.Value;
-            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.UserData!.Any(ud => ud.UserId == filter.User!.Id && ud.IsFavorite) == isFavoriteOrLiked);
-        }
+            var favoriteIds = context.UserData
+                .Where(ud => ud.UserId == filter.User!.Id && ud.IsFavorite)
+                .Select(ud => ud.ItemId);
 
-        if (filter.IsFavorite.HasValue)
-        {
-            var isFavorite = filter.IsFavorite.Value;
-            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.UserData!.Any(ud => ud.UserId == filter.User!.Id && ud.IsFavorite) == isFavorite);
+            if (filter.IsFavoriteOrLiked.HasValue)
+            {
+                baseQuery = filter.IsFavoriteOrLiked.Value
+                    ? baseQuery.Where(e => favoriteIds.Contains(e.Id))
+                    : baseQuery.Where(e => !favoriteIds.Contains(e.Id));
+            }
+
+            if (filter.IsFavorite.HasValue)
+            {
+                baseQuery = filter.IsFavorite.Value
+                    ? baseQuery.Where(e => favoriteIds.Contains(e.Id))
+                    : baseQuery.Where(e => !favoriteIds.Contains(e.Id));
+            }
         }
 
         if (filter.IsPlayed.HasValue)
         {
-            var hasSeries = filter.IncludeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Series);
-            var hasBoxSet = filter.IncludeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.BoxSet);
+            var userId = filter.User!.Id;
 
-            if (hasSeries || hasBoxSet)
-            {
-                var userId = filter.User!.Id;
-                var isPlayed = filter.IsPlayed.Value;
-                var seriesTypeName = _itemTypeLookup.BaseItemKindNames[BaseItemKind.Series];
-                var boxSetTypeName = _itemTypeLookup.BaseItemKindNames[BaseItemKind.BoxSet];
+            // Leaf items carry their own played state.
+            var playedItemIds = context.UserData
+                .Where(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.Played)
+                .Select(ud => ud.ItemId);
 
-                // Series: played = at least one episode AND all episodes played; unplayed = otherwise.
-                IQueryable<Guid> playedSeriesIds = hasSeries
-                    ? context.BaseItems
-                        .AsNoTracking()
-                        .Where(e => !e.IsFolder && !e.IsVirtualItem && e.SeriesId.HasValue)
-                        .GroupBy(e => e.SeriesId!.Value)
-                        .Where(g => !g.Any(e => !e.UserData!.Any(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.Played)))
-                        .Select(g => g.Key)
-                    : Enumerable.Empty<Guid>().AsQueryable();
+            // Folders (Series, Seasons, BoxSets, albums, ...) have none and count as played once no
+            // descendant is left unplayed, matching what the DTO reports for them. This has to key off
+            // the item itself rather than off the requested item types: tag and collection listings mix
+            // folders and leaf items in a single query.
+            var unplayedLeafItems = GetAccessFilteredLeafItemsQuery(context, filter.User!)
+                .Where(e => !e.UserData!.Any(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.Played));
 
-                // BoxSet: played = all children played.
-                IQueryable<Guid> playedBoxSetIds = hasBoxSet
-                    ? GetFullyPlayedFolderIdsQuery(
-                        context,
-                        baseQuery.Where(e => e.Type == boxSetTypeName).Select(e => e.Id),
-                        filter.User!)
-                    : Enumerable.Empty<Guid>().AsQueryable();
+            var isPlayedFilter = IsFolderFilter.And(BuildHasDescendantFilter(context, unplayedLeafItems).Not())
+                .Or(IsFolderFilter.Not().And(e => playedItemIds.Contains(e.Id)));
 
-                // Non-folder items: check UserData directly
-                var playedItemIds = context.UserData
-                    .Where(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.Played)
-                    .Select(ud => ud.ItemId);
-
-                if (isPlayed)
-                {
-                    baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e =>
-                        (e.Type == seriesTypeName && playedSeriesIds.Contains(e.Id))
-                        || (e.Type == boxSetTypeName && playedBoxSetIds.Contains(e.Id))
-                        || (e.Type != seriesTypeName && e.Type != boxSetTypeName && playedItemIds.Contains(e.Id)));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e =>
-                        (e.Type == seriesTypeName && !playedSeriesIds.Contains(e.Id))
-                        || (e.Type == boxSetTypeName && !playedBoxSetIds.Contains(e.Id))
-                        || (e.Type != seriesTypeName && e.Type != boxSetTypeName && !playedItemIds.Contains(e.Id)));
-                }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                var playedItemIds = context.UserData
-                    .Where(ud => ud.UserId == filter.User!.Id && ud.Played)
-                    .Select(ud => ud.ItemId);
-                var isPlayedItem = filter.IsPlayed.Value;
-                baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => playedItemIds.Contains(e.Id) == isPlayedItem);
-            }
+            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(filter.IsPlayed.Value ? isPlayedFilter : isPlayedFilter.Not());
         }
 
         if (filter.IsResumable.HasValue)
         {
-            var hasSeries = filter.IncludeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Series);
+            var userId = filter.User!.Id;
+            var isResumable = filter.IsResumable.Value;
 
-            if (hasSeries)
+            // In-progress user data rows; alternate versions track their own progress.
+            var inProgress = context.UserData
+                .Where(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.PlaybackPositionTicks > 0);
+
+            // Folders are resumable when a descendant is in progress, or when they hold both played and
+            // unplayed descendants (partially watched). Alternate versions keep their own progress, so
+            // they count towards the in-progress check but not towards the played/unplayed one.
+            var leafItems = GetAccessFilteredLeafItemsQuery(context, filter.User!);
+            var inProgressLeafItems = GetAccessFilteredLeafItemsQuery(context, filter.User!, includeOwnedItems: true)
+                .Where(e => e.UserData!.Any(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.PlaybackPositionTicks > 0));
+
+            var folderResumableFilter = BuildHasDescendantFilter(context, inProgressLeafItems)
+                .Or(BuildHasDescendantFilter(context, leafItems.Where(e => e.UserData!.Any(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.Played)))
+                    .And(BuildHasDescendantFilter(context, leafItems.Where(e => !e.UserData!.Any(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.Played)))));
+
+            if (isResumable)
             {
-                var userId = filter.User!.Id;
-                var seriesTypeName = _itemTypeLookup.BaseItemKindNames[BaseItemKind.Series];
-                var isResumable = filter.IsResumable.Value;
+                // Resume queries surface the version that was actually played, which may be an alternate.
+                // Match each version on its own progress rather than coalescing onto the primary.
+                var inProgressIds = inProgress.Select(ud => ud.ItemId);
 
-                // Aggregate per series in a single GROUP BY pass, instead of three full scans.
-                var seriesEpisodeStats = context.BaseItems
-                    .AsNoTracking()
-                    .Where(e => !e.IsFolder && !e.IsVirtualItem && e.SeriesId.HasValue)
-                    .GroupBy(e => e.SeriesId!.Value)
-                    .Select(g => new
-                    {
-                        SeriesId = g.Key,
-                        HasInProgress = g.Any(e => e.UserData!.Any(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.PlaybackPositionTicks > 0)),
-                        HasPlayed = g.Any(e => e.UserData!.Any(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.Played)),
-                        HasUnplayed = g.Any(e => !e.UserData!.Any(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.Played))
-                    });
+                baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(IsFolderFilter.And(folderResumableFilter)
+                    .Or(IsFolderFilter.Not().And(e => inProgressIds.Contains(e.Id))));
 
-                // A series is resumable if it has an in-progress episode,
-                // or if it has both played and unplayed episodes (partially watched).
-                var resumableSeriesIds = seriesEpisodeStats
-                    .Where(s => s.HasInProgress || (s.HasPlayed && s.HasUnplayed))
-                    .Select(s => s.SeriesId);
-
-                // Non-series items: resumable if PlaybackPositionTicks > 0
-                var resumableItemIds = context.UserData
-                    .Where(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.PlaybackPositionTicks > 0)
-                    .Select(ud => ud.ItemId);
-
-                baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e =>
-                    (e.Type == seriesTypeName && resumableSeriesIds.Contains(e.Id) == isResumable)
-                    || (e.Type != seriesTypeName && resumableItemIds.Contains(e.Id) == isResumable));
+                // When several versions of the same item are in progress, keep only the most recently played one, use id as tiebreaker.
+                // Only in-progress siblings can eliminate a candidate: a version without progress has a NULL max LastPlayedDate,
+                // which is never greater and never ties. Restricting the sibling scan to the in-progress set keeps this bounded by
+                // the user's Continue Watching count instead of forcing a full BaseItems scan (COALESCE keys are non-indexable) per row.
+                // Items in no version group at all have no sibling that could eliminate them, so short-circuit the scan for those.
+                baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.IsFolder
+                    || (e.PrimaryVersionId == null && !context.BaseItems.Any(a => a.PrimaryVersionId == e.Id))
+                    || !context.BaseItems
+                        .Where(s => s.Id != e.Id
+                            && inProgressIds.Contains(s.Id)
+                            && (s.PrimaryVersionId ?? s.Id) == (e.PrimaryVersionId ?? e.Id))
+                        .Any(s =>
+                            inProgress.Where(su => su.ItemId == s.Id).Max(su => su.LastPlayedDate)
+                                > inProgress.Where(eu => eu.ItemId == e.Id).Max(eu => eu.LastPlayedDate)
+                            || (inProgress.Where(su => su.ItemId == s.Id).Max(su => su.LastPlayedDate)
+                                    == inProgress.Where(eu => eu.ItemId == e.Id).Max(eu => eu.LastPlayedDate)
+                                && s.Id.CompareTo(e.Id) < 0)));
             }
             else
             {
-                var resumableItemIds = context.UserData
-                    .Where(ud => ud.UserId == filter.User!.Id && ud.PlaybackPositionTicks > 0)
-                    .Select(ud => ud.ItemId);
-                var isResumable = filter.IsResumable.Value;
-                baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => resumableItemIds.Contains(e.Id) == isResumable);
+                // Not-resumable queries operate on primaries only.
+                var resumableMovieIds = inProgress
+                    .Join(context.BaseItems, ud => ud.ItemId, bi => bi.Id, (ud, bi) => bi.PrimaryVersionId ?? bi.Id);
+
+                baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(IsFolderFilter.And(folderResumableFilter.Not())
+                    .Or(IsFolderFilter.Not().And(e => !resumableMovieIds.Contains(e.Id))));
             }
         }
 
@@ -741,10 +731,13 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
         }
         else if (filter.OwnerIds.Length == 0 && filter.ExtraTypes.Length == 0 && !filter.IncludeOwnedItems)
         {
-            // Exclude alternate versions and owned non-extra items from general queries.
-            // Alternate versions have PrimaryVersionId set (pointing to their primary).
+            // Exclude owned non-extra items from general queries.
             // Extras (trailers, etc.) have OwnerId set but also have ExtraType set - keep those.
-            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.PrimaryVersionId == null && (e.OwnerId == null || e.ExtraType != null));
+            // Alternate versions (PrimaryVersionId set) are normally excluded too, but resume queries
+            // keep them so the actually-played version can surface instead of collapsing onto the primary.
+            baseQuery = filter.IsResumable == true
+                ? baseQuery.Where(e => e.OwnerId == null || e.ExtraType != null)
+                : baseQuery.Where(e => e.PrimaryVersionId == null && (e.OwnerId == null || e.ExtraType != null));
         }
 
         if (filter.OwnerIds.Length > 0)
@@ -1059,6 +1052,7 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
         {
             var includeTags = filter.IncludeInheritedTags.Select(e => e.GetCleanValue()).ToArray();
             var isPlaylistOnlyQuery = includeTypes.Length == 1 && includeTypes.FirstOrDefault() == BaseItemKind.Playlist;
+            var personTypeName = _itemTypeLookup.BaseItemKindNames[BaseItemKind.Person];
             var allowedTagItemIds = context.ItemValuesMap
                 .Where(f => f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Tags && includeTags.Contains(f.ItemValue.CleanValue))
                 .Select(f => f.ItemId);
@@ -1069,6 +1063,9 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
                 || e.Parents!.Any(p => allowedTagItemIds.Contains(p.ParentItemId))
                 || (e.TopParentId.HasValue && allowedTagItemIds.Contains(e.TopParentId.Value))
 
+                // People don't carry the tags of the media they appear in and would never match
+                || e.Type == personTypeName
+
                 // A playlist should be accessible to its owner regardless of allowed tags
                 || (isPlaylistOnlyQuery && e.Data!.Contains($"OwnerUserId\":\"{filter.User!.Id:N}\"")));
         }

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/BaseItemRepository.cs

@@ -167,6 +167,14 @@ public sealed partial class BaseItemRepository
             return false;
         }
 
+        // Resume queries surface the actually-played version (which may be an alternate sharing the
+        // primary's presentation key). The resumable filter already keeps one version per group, so
+        // presentation-key grouping must not collapse the surfaced version back onto the primary.
+        if (query.IsResumable == true)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         if (query.GroupBySeriesPresentationUniqueKey)
         {
             return false;

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/ItemCountService.cs

@@ -141,32 +141,32 @@ public class ItemCountService : IItemCountService
         switch (kind)
         {
             case BaseItemKind.Person:
-                baseQuery = context.PeopleBaseItemMap
+                baseQuery = ItemsById(context, context.PeopleBaseItemMap
                     .AsNoTracking()
                     .Where(m => m.People.Name == item.Name)
-                    .Select(m => m.Item);
+                    .Select(m => m.ItemId));
                 break;
             case BaseItemKind.MusicArtist:
-                baseQuery = context.ItemValuesMap
+                baseQuery = ItemsById(context, context.ItemValuesMap
                     .AsNoTracking()
                     .Where(ivm => ivm.ItemValue.CleanValue == item.CleanName
                         && (ivm.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Artist || ivm.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.AlbumArtist))
-                    .Select(ivm => ivm.Item);
+                    .Select(ivm => ivm.ItemId));
                 break;
             case BaseItemKind.Genre:
             case BaseItemKind.MusicGenre:
-                baseQuery = context.ItemValuesMap
+                baseQuery = ItemsById(context, context.ItemValuesMap
                     .AsNoTracking()
                     .Where(ivm => ivm.ItemValue.CleanValue == item.CleanName
                         && ivm.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Genre)
-                    .Select(ivm => ivm.Item);
+                    .Select(ivm => ivm.ItemId));
                 break;
             case BaseItemKind.Studio:
-                baseQuery = context.ItemValuesMap
+                baseQuery = ItemsById(context, context.ItemValuesMap
                     .AsNoTracking()
                     .Where(ivm => ivm.ItemValue.CleanValue == item.CleanName
                         && ivm.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Studios)
-                    .Select(ivm => ivm.Item);
+                    .Select(ivm => ivm.ItemId));
                 break;
             case BaseItemKind.Year:
                 if (int.TryParse(item.Name, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var year))
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ public class ItemCountService : IItemCountService
         return result;
     }
 
+    private static IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> ItemsById(JellyfinDbContext context, IQueryable<Guid> itemIds)
+        => context.BaseItems.AsNoTracking().Where(e => itemIds.Contains(e.Id));
+
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public int GetPlayedCount(InternalItemsQuery filter, Guid ancestorId)
     {

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/ItemPersistenceService.cs

@@ -65,8 +65,13 @@ public class ItemPersistenceService : IItemPersistenceService
             descendantIds.Add(id);
         }
 
+        // Use WhereOneOrMany instead of a raw HashSet.Contains so large id sets are bound as a
+        // single parameter (json_each) rather than one SQL variable per id, which would otherwise
+        // overflow SQLite's variable limit when deleting many items at once (e.g. migrations).
+        var ownerIds = descendantIds.ToArray();
         var extraIds = context.BaseItems
-            .Where(e => e.OwnerId.HasValue && descendantIds.Contains(e.OwnerId.Value))
+            .Where(e => e.OwnerId.HasValue)
+            .WhereOneOrMany(ownerIds, e => e.OwnerId!.Value)
             .Select(e => e.Id)
             .ToArray();
 
@@ -423,106 +428,144 @@ public class ItemPersistenceService : IItemPersistenceService
 
         foreach (var item in tuples)
         {
-            if (item.Item is Folder folder)
+            // A container that was never hydrated cannot be used to rewrite its links: its empty
+            // array means "unknown", so clearing the stored rows would silently empty the item.
+            if (item.Item is Folder { LinkedChildrenLoaded: false })
             {
-                var existingLinkedChildren = allLinkedChildrenByParent.GetValueOrDefault(item.Item.Id)?.ToList() ?? new List<LinkedChildEntity>();
-                if (folder.LinkedChildren.Length > 0)
-                {
-#pragma warning disable CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete - legacy path resolution for old data
-                    var pathsToResolve = folder.LinkedChildren
-                        .Where(lc => (!lc.ItemId.HasValue || lc.ItemId.Value.IsEmpty()) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(lc.Path))
-                        .Select(lc => lc.Path)
-                        .Distinct()
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (item.Item is Folder or Video
+                && allLinkedChildrenByParent.TryGetValue(item.Item.Id, out var existingLinks)
+                && existingLinks.Count > 0)
+            {
+                // A video only owns its alternate version links; any other link on that parent is
+                // written by the folder branch below and must survive.
+                var staleLinks = item.Item is Folder
+                    ? existingLinks
+                    : existingLinks
+                        .Where(e => e.ChildType is DbLinkedChildType.LocalAlternateVersion or DbLinkedChildType.LinkedAlternateVersion)
                         .ToList();
 
-                    var pathToIdMap = pathsToResolve.Count > 0
-                        ? context.BaseItems
-                            .Where(e => e.Path != null && pathsToResolve.Contains(e.Path))
-                            .Select(e => new { e.Path, e.Id })
-                            .GroupBy(e => e.Path!)
-                            .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.First().Id)
-                        : [];
+                if (staleLinks.Count > 0)
+                {
+                    context.LinkedChildren.RemoveRange(staleLinks);
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
-                    var resolvedChildren = new List<(LinkedChild Child, Guid ChildId)>();
-                    foreach (var linkedChild in folder.LinkedChildren)
+        context.SaveChanges();
+
+        // A LinkedChild's ItemId is only a cache.
+        var cachedChildIds = tuples
+            .Select(t => t.Item)
+            .OfType<Folder>()
+            .Where(f => f.LinkedChildrenLoaded)
+            .SelectMany(f => f.LinkedChildren)
+            .Where(lc => lc.ItemId.HasValue && !lc.ItemId.Value.IsEmpty())
+            .Select(lc => lc.ItemId!.Value)
+            .Distinct()
+            .ToList();
+
+        var knownChildIds = cachedChildIds.Count > 0
+            ? context.BaseItems
+                .WhereOneOrMany(cachedChildIds, e => e.Id)
+                .Select(e => e.Id)
+                .ToHashSet()
+            : [];
+
+        foreach (var item in tuples)
+        {
+            if (item.Item is Folder { LinkedChildrenLoaded: true } folder && folder.LinkedChildren.Length > 0)
+            {
+#pragma warning disable CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete - legacy path resolution for old data
+                var pathsToResolve = folder.LinkedChildren
+                    .Where(lc => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(lc.Path)
+                        && (!lc.ItemId.HasValue || lc.ItemId.Value.IsEmpty() || !knownChildIds.Contains(lc.ItemId.Value)))
+                    .Select(lc => lc.Path)
+                    .Distinct()
+                    .ToList();
+
+                var pathToIdMap = pathsToResolve.Count > 0
+                    ? context.BaseItems
+                        .Where(e => e.Path != null && pathsToResolve.Contains(e.Path))
+                        .Select(e => new { e.Path, e.Id })
+                        .GroupBy(e => e.Path!)
+                        .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.First().Id)
+                    : [];
+
+                var resolvedChildren = new List<(LinkedChild Child, Guid ChildId)>();
+                foreach (var linkedChild in folder.LinkedChildren)
+                {
+                    var childItemId = linkedChild.ItemId;
+                    if (!childItemId.HasValue || childItemId.Value.IsEmpty() || !knownChildIds.Contains(childItemId.Value))
                     {
-                        var childItemId = linkedChild.ItemId;
-                        if (!childItemId.HasValue || childItemId.Value.IsEmpty())
+                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(linkedChild.Path) && pathToIdMap.TryGetValue(linkedChild.Path, out var resolvedId))
                         {
-                            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(linkedChild.Path) && pathToIdMap.TryGetValue(linkedChild.Path, out var resolvedId))
-                            {
-                                childItemId = resolvedId;
-                            }
+                            childItemId = resolvedId;
                         }
-#pragma warning restore CS0618
-
-                        if (childItemId.HasValue && !childItemId.Value.IsEmpty())
+                        else if (Guid.TryParse(linkedChild.LibraryItemId, out var libraryItemId) && !libraryItemId.IsEmpty())
                         {
-                            resolvedChildren.Add((linkedChild, childItemId.Value));
+                            childItemId = libraryItemId;
                         }
                     }
+#pragma warning restore CS0618
 
+                    if (childItemId.HasValue && !childItemId.Value.IsEmpty())
+                    {
+                        resolvedChildren.Add((linkedChild, childItemId.Value));
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Playlists may legitimately contain the same item multiple times (e.g. a song repeated
+                // in an .m3u file). Every other container type keeps a single entry per child.
+                var isPlaylist = folder is Playlist;
+                if (!isPlaylist)
+                {
                     resolvedChildren = resolvedChildren
                         .GroupBy(c => c.ChildId)
                         .Select(g => g.Last())
                         .ToList();
-
-                    var childIdsToCheck = resolvedChildren.Select(c => c.ChildId).ToList();
-                    var existingChildIds = childIdsToCheck.Count > 0
-                        ? context.BaseItems
-                            .Where(e => childIdsToCheck.Contains(e.Id))
-                            .Select(e => e.Id)
-                            .ToHashSet()
-                        : [];
-
-                    var isPlaylist = folder is Playlist;
-                    var sortOrder = 0;
-                    foreach (var (linkedChild, childId) in resolvedChildren)
-                    {
-                        if (!existingChildIds.Contains(childId))
-                        {
-                            _logger.LogWarning(
-                                "Skipping LinkedChild for parent {ParentName} ({ParentId}): child item {ChildId} does not exist in database",
-                                item.Item.Name,
-                                item.Item.Id,
-                                childId);
-                            continue;
-                        }
-
-                        var existingLink = existingLinkedChildren.FirstOrDefault(e => e.ChildId == childId);
-                        if (existingLink is null)
-                        {
-                            context.LinkedChildren.Add(new LinkedChildEntity()
-                            {
-                                ParentId = item.Item.Id,
-                                ChildId = childId,
-                                ChildType = (DbLinkedChildType)linkedChild.Type,
-                                SortOrder = isPlaylist ? sortOrder : null
-                            });
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            existingLink.SortOrder = isPlaylist ? sortOrder : null;
-                            existingLink.ChildType = (DbLinkedChildType)linkedChild.Type;
-                            existingLinkedChildren.Remove(existingLink);
-                        }
-
-                        sortOrder++;
-                    }
                 }
 
-                if (existingLinkedChildren.Count > 0)
+                var childIdsToCheck = resolvedChildren.Select(c => c.ChildId).Distinct().ToList();
+                var existingChildIds = childIdsToCheck.Count > 0
+                    ? context.BaseItems
+                        .Where(e => childIdsToCheck.Contains(e.Id))
+                        .Select(e => e.Id)
+                        .ToHashSet()
+                    : [];
+
+                var sortOrder = 0;
+                foreach (var (linkedChild, childId) in resolvedChildren)
                 {
-                    context.LinkedChildren.RemoveRange(existingLinkedChildren);
+                    if (!existingChildIds.Contains(childId))
+                    {
+#pragma warning disable CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete - legacy path is logged for diagnostics
+                        _logger.LogWarning(
+                            "Skipping LinkedChild for parent {ParentName} ({ParentId}): child item {ChildId} (path {ChildPath}) does not exist in database",
+                            item.Item.Name,
+                            item.Item.Id,
+                            childId,
+                            linkedChild.Path ?? "unknown");
+#pragma warning restore CS0618
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    context.LinkedChildren.Add(new LinkedChildEntity()
+                    {
+                        ParentId = item.Item.Id,
+                        ChildId = childId,
+                        ChildType = (DbLinkedChildType)linkedChild.Type,
+                        SortOrder = sortOrder
+                    });
+
+                    sortOrder++;
                 }
             }
 
             if (item.Item is Video video)
             {
-                var existingLinkedChildren = (allLinkedChildrenByParent.GetValueOrDefault(video.Id) ?? new List<LinkedChildEntity>())
-                    .Where(e => (int)e.ChildType == 2 || (int)e.ChildType == 3)
-                    .ToList();
-
                 var newLinkedChildren = new List<(Guid ChildId, LinkedChildType Type)>();
 
                 if (video.LocalAlternateVersions.Length > 0)
@@ -572,7 +615,7 @@ public class ItemPersistenceService : IItemPersistenceService
                         .ToHashSet()
                     : [];
 
-                int sortOrder = 0;
+                var sortOrder = 0;
                 foreach (var (childId, childType) in newLinkedChildren)
                 {
                     if (!existingChildIds.Contains(childId))
@@ -585,36 +628,27 @@ public class ItemPersistenceService : IItemPersistenceService
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    var existingLink = existingLinkedChildren.FirstOrDefault(e => e.ChildId == childId);
-                    if (existingLink is null)
+                    context.LinkedChildren.Add(new LinkedChildEntity
                     {
-                        context.LinkedChildren.Add(new LinkedChildEntity
-                        {
-                            ParentId = video.Id,
-                            ChildId = childId,
-                            ChildType = (DbLinkedChildType)childType,
-                            SortOrder = sortOrder
-                        });
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        existingLink.ChildType = (DbLinkedChildType)childType;
-                        existingLink.SortOrder = sortOrder;
-                        existingLinkedChildren.Remove(existingLink);
-                    }
+                        ParentId = video.Id,
+                        ChildId = childId,
+                        ChildType = (DbLinkedChildType)childType,
+                        SortOrder = sortOrder
+                    });
 
                     sortOrder++;
                 }
 
-                if (existingLinkedChildren.Count > 0)
+                // A previously-linked LocalAlternateVersion that is no longer present becomes orphaned;
+                var previousLinkedChildren = allLinkedChildrenByParent.GetValueOrDefault(video.Id);
+                if (previousLinkedChildren is { Count: > 0 })
                 {
-                    var orphanedLocalVersionIds = existingLinkedChildren
-                        .Where(e => e.ChildType == DbLinkedChildType.LocalAlternateVersion)
+                    var newChildIds = newLinkedChildren.Select(c => c.ChildId).ToHashSet();
+                    var orphanedLocalVersionIds = previousLinkedChildren
+                        .Where(e => e.ChildType == DbLinkedChildType.LocalAlternateVersion && !newChildIds.Contains(e.ChildId))
                         .Select(e => e.ChildId)
                         .ToList();
 
-                    context.LinkedChildren.RemoveRange(existingLinkedChildren);
-
                     if (orphanedLocalVersionIds.Count > 0)
                     {
                         var orphanedItems = context.BaseItems

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/LinkedChildrenService.cs

@@ -159,12 +159,16 @@ public class LinkedChildrenService : ILinkedChildrenService
 
         if (existingLink is null)
         {
+            var nextSortOrder = (context.LinkedChildren
+                .Where(lc => lc.ParentId == parentId)
+                .Max(lc => (int?)lc.SortOrder) ?? -1) + 1;
+
             context.LinkedChildren.Add(new Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities.LinkedChildEntity
             {
                 ParentId = parentId,
                 ChildId = childId,
                 ChildType = dbChildType,
-                SortOrder = null
+                SortOrder = nextSortOrder
             });
         }
         else

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/MediaStreamRepository.cs

@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ public class MediaStreamRepository : IMediaStreamRepository
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(dto.Language))
             {
-                var culture = _localization.FindLanguageInfo(dto.Language);
-                dto.LocalizedLanguage = culture?.DisplayName;
+                dto.LocalizedLanguage = _localization.GetLanguageDisplayName(dto.Language);
             }
 
             if (dto.Type is MediaStreamType.Audio)

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/NextUpService.cs

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class NextUpService : INextUpService
             .Where(e => e.UserData!.Any(ud => ud.UserId == userId && ud.Played));
         lastWatchedBase = _queryHelpers.ApplyAccessFiltering(context, lastWatchedBase, filter);
 
-        // Use lightweight projection + client-side grouping to avoid correlated scalar subquery
+        // Use lightweight projection + client-side dedup to avoid the correlated scalar subquery
         // per group that EF generates for GroupBy+OrderByDescending+FirstOrDefault.
         var allPlayedLite = lastWatchedBase
             .Select(e => new
@@ -110,15 +110,11 @@ public class NextUpService : INextUpService
             })
             .ToList();
 
-        var lastWatchedInfo = new Dictionary<string, Guid>();
-        foreach (var group in allPlayedLite.GroupBy(e => e.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey))
-        {
-            var lastWatched = group
-                .OrderByDescending(e => e.ParentIndexNumber)
-                .ThenByDescending(e => e.IndexNumber)
-                .First();
-            lastWatchedInfo[group.Key!] = lastWatched.Id;
-        }
+        var lastWatchedInfo = allPlayedLite
+            .OrderByDescending(e => e.ParentIndexNumber)
+            .ThenByDescending(e => e.IndexNumber)
+            .DistinctBy(e => e.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey)
+            .ToDictionary(e => e.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey!, e => e.Id);
 
         Dictionary<string, Guid> lastWatchedByDateInfo = new();
         if (includeWatchedForRewatching)
@@ -144,11 +140,10 @@ public class NextUpService : INextUpService
                     (e, ud) => new { EpisodeId = e.Id, e.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey, ud.LastPlayedDate })
                 .ToList();
 
-            foreach (var group in playedWithDates.GroupBy(x => x.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey))
-            {
-                var mostRecent = group.OrderByDescending(x => x.LastPlayedDate).First();
-                lastWatchedByDateInfo[group.Key!] = mostRecent.EpisodeId;
-            }
+            lastWatchedByDateInfo = playedWithDates
+                .OrderByDescending(x => x.LastPlayedDate)
+                .DistinctBy(x => x.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey)
+                .ToDictionary(x => x.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey!, x => x.EpisodeId);
         }
 
         var allLastWatchedIds = lastWatchedInfo.Values

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/OrderMapper.cs

@@ -29,12 +29,30 @@ public static class OrderMapper
     /// <returns>Func to be executed later for sorting query.</returns>
     public static Expression<Func<BaseItemEntity, object?>> MapOrderByField(ItemSortBy sortBy, InternalItemsQuery query, JellyfinDbContext jellyfinDbContext)
     {
+        if (sortBy == ItemSortBy.DatePlayed)
+        {
+            // An item's played date is the newest of its own progress and that of its alternate versions,
+            // which track progress under their own ids. Matching both in one predicate ORs them together,
+            // which no index can serve: the user's whole UserData table gets scanned per sorted row.
+            // Two indexed lookups combined by MAX cost a seek each instead.
+            var userData = query.User is null
+                ? jellyfinDbContext.UserData
+                : jellyfinDbContext.UserData.Where(w => w.UserId == query.User.Id);
+
+            return e => userData
+                .Where(w => w.ItemId == e.Id)
+                .Select(w => w.LastPlayedDate)
+                .Concat(userData
+                    .Where(w => w.Item!.PrimaryVersionId == e.Id)
+                    .Select(w => w.LastPlayedDate))
+                .Max();
+        }
+
         return (sortBy, query.User) switch
         {
             (ItemSortBy.AirTime, _) => e => e.SortName,
             (ItemSortBy.Runtime, _) => e => e.RunTimeTicks,
             (ItemSortBy.Random, _) => e => EF.Functions.Random(),
-            (ItemSortBy.DatePlayed, _) => e => e.UserData!.Where(f => f.UserId.Equals(query.User!.Id)).OrderBy(f => f.CustomDataKey).FirstOrDefault()!.LastPlayedDate,
             (ItemSortBy.PlayCount, _) => e => e.UserData!.Where(f => f.UserId.Equals(query.User!.Id)).OrderBy(f => f.CustomDataKey).FirstOrDefault()!.PlayCount,
             (ItemSortBy.IsFavoriteOrLiked, _) => e => e.UserData!.Where(f => f.UserId.Equals(query.User!.Id)).OrderBy(f => f.CustomDataKey).Select(f => (bool?)f.IsFavorite).FirstOrDefault() ?? false,
             (ItemSortBy.IsFolder, _) => e => e.IsFolder,

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/PeopleRepository.cs

@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ public class PeopleRepository(IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> dbProvider, I
     public IReadOnlyList<string> GetPeopleNames(InternalPeopleQuery filter)
     {
         using var context = _dbProvider.CreateDbContext();
-        var dbQuery = TranslateQuery(context.Peoples.AsNoTracking(), context, filter).Select(e => e.Name).Distinct();
+
+        IQueryable<string> dbQuery = TranslateQuery(context.Peoples.AsNoTracking(), context, filter)
+            .Select(e => e.Name)
+            .Distinct()
+            .OrderBy(e => e);
 
         if (filter.StartIndex.HasValue && filter.StartIndex > 0)
         {
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ public class PeopleRepository(IDbContextFactory<JellyfinDbContext> dbProvider, I
 
         if (filter.Limit > 0)
         {
-            dbQuery = dbQuery.OrderBy(e => e).Take(filter.Limit);
+            dbQuery = dbQuery.Take(filter.Limit);
         }
 
         return dbQuery.ToArray();